- Description
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- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- Lake Como
- Date
- 1781/08/27
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and dark grey and brown inks, grey wash, scratching out
- Dimensions
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- image width 156mm,
- image length 210mm
- Support
- on paper with stitch marks along the top edge
- Inscription
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- sheet, verso
- “Lake of Como / Light from the left hand / August 27th 1781 / No.28 / Francis Towne”
- Object Type
- Monochrome wash
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- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- FT320
- Description Sources
- Examination; Museum records (image)
Provenance
Bequeathed by the artist in 1816 to James White of Exeter (1744–1825), on whose death it passed to Towne’s residuary legatee John Herman Merivale (1779–1844) and his successors. Merivale’s granddaughters Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), both of Oxford, inherited the drawing in May 1915 (BP56). Judith Merivale sold it to Norman Darnton Lupton (1875–1953) of Hyde Crook, Dorchester, Dorset, in 1930 for £27 10s. with five other drawings (FT371, FT375, FT436, FT544, FT597). Agnes Lupton (1874–1950) and Norman Lupton bequeathed the drawing to the present owner, Leeds City Art Gallery (13.200/53).
- Associated People & Organisations
- Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, 1953, 13.200/53
- Agnes Lupton (1874 - 1950), 1930
- Norman Darnton Lupton (1875 - 1953), Dorchester, 1930, GBP 27 10s
Acquired with FT371, FT375, FT436, FT544, FT597 - Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP56
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP56
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
- Exhibition History
- More Than A Glance, Arts Council, 1980, no. 93
- Bibliography
- Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, Charles Skilton: London, 1962, p. 121
- Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds Art Calendar, No. 26: Leeds, 1954, p. 10
Other entries in Small Sketchbook: Northern Italy, Switzerland, Savoy and Germany, August and September 1781
A View of a Bridge Fifteen Miles from Florence on the Road to Bologna
Le Rêve at the Head of Lake Como (Lago di Mezzola)
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Comment
This is a view looking north from the western shore of Lake Como at some point south of Menaggio.