- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- Lake District Sketch
- Date
- ca. 1786/08
- Medium
- Unknown
- Inscription
-
- sheet, recto
- Numbered “7”
- Object Type
- Unknown
-
- Catalogue Number
- FT461
- Description Sources
- Paul Oppé records
Provenance
Descended from the artist to James White of Exeter (1744–1825) and thence to John Herman Merivale (1779–1844) and his descendants. Merivale’s granddaughter Emily Buckingham owned it in 1915, whereafter it is untraced.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Emily Harriet Buckingham (1853 - 1923), 1915
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
Other entries in Lake District, 1786
Francis Towne
A View at Ambleside, near Sir Michael Fleming’s on the Road to Keswick
A View at Ambleside, near Sir Michael Fleming’s on the Road to Keswick
Francis Towne
A View taken at Ambleside at the Head of Lake Windermere
A View taken at Ambleside at the Head of Lake Windermere
Francis Towne
Looking from Ambleside across Lake Windermere
Looking from Ambleside across Lake Windermere
Francis Towne
A View near the Turnpike on the Way from Low Wood to Ambleside
A View near the Turnpike on the Way from Low Wood to Ambleside
Francis Towne
Looking to the Mountains over the Head of Buttermere
Looking to the Mountains over the Head of Buttermere
Francis Towne
A View at Low Wood, looking across the Head of Lake Windermere
A View at Low Wood, looking across the Head of Lake Windermere
Francis Towne
Raven Crag and Part of Thirlmere
Raven Crag and Part of Thirlmere
Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam Museum
Francis Towne
St John’s in the Vale, looking towards Grasmere
St John’s in the Vale, looking towards Grasmere
Francis Towne
St John’s in the Vale looking towards Keswick
St John’s in the Vale looking towards Keswick
Francis Towne
A View in St John’s in the Vale looking towards Keswick
A View in St John’s in the Vale looking towards Keswick
Francis Towne
On the Side of Lake Windermere, near the Turnpike
On the Side of Lake Windermere, near the Turnpike
Francis Towne
A View of Derwent Water looking towards Lodore Falls
A View of Derwent Water looking towards Lodore Falls
Francis Towne
A View from the Cascade in the Groves at Ambleside
A View from the Cascade in the Groves at Ambleside
Francis Towne
At Ambleside coming from the Cascade in the Groves
At Ambleside coming from the Cascade in the Groves
Francis Towne
A View of Rydal Water looking towards Rydal Hall
A View of Rydal Water looking towards Rydal Hall
Francis Towne
Elter Force, near Ambleside
Elter Force, near Ambleside
National Gallery National Gallery of Victoria
Footnotes
- 1 Paul Oppé records: notes, ca. 1915.
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Comment
Oppé saw number 7 of the Lake District series in Emily Buckingham’s collection on 16 July 1915, but it is otherwise unrecorded.1 Another drawing in the series is also numbered 7 (FT462), so it could be that this may come from a different series or else be a sketch that Towne did not complete (just as with FT455).