Description
Creator
Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
Title(s)
  • Llyn Cwellyn
  • Llyngwellyn, Caernarvonshire
Date
No date
Medium
Pen and ink, watercolour, scratching out
Dimensions
  • image width 197mm,
  • image length 267mm
Inscription
  • sheet, verso
  • “Llyn Gwellyn”, numbered “29”, and dated “10th July” (Barton Place catalogue) or “11th July” (Agnew’s card file)
Object Type
Watercolour

Catalogue Number
FT093
Description Sources
Paul Oppé records; Agnew’s records; Christie’s 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 (BP115). It is thereafter untraced although it was photographed by Christie’s, probably in the 1970s or 1980s.

Associated People & Organisations

Untraced
Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP115
Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP115
John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
Exhibition History
[?] Exhibition of Original Drawings at the Gallery, No.20 Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, 20 Lower Brook Street, 1805, no. 32 as 'Llyngwellyn, Caernarvonshire'

Comment

Paul Oppé’s note reads: “115. cut down. 7¾ x 10½ [197 x 267 mm]. Lake & hills. Dirty grey & blue & yellow brown. fine outline. Erased outline on hills, now dirty.”1

by Richard Stephens

Other entries in Tour of Wales, 1777

Francis Towne

A View of Bridgnorth Castle, Shropshire

A View of Bridgnorth Castle, Shropshire
Francis Towne

The Wrekin

The Wrekin
Francis Towne

Wenlock Priory

Wenlock Priory
Francis Towne

Wenlock Priory

Wenlock Priory
Francis Towne

Pistyll Rhaeadr

Pistyll Rhaeadr
Francis Towne

Lake Bala

Lake Bala
Francis Towne

A Welsh Scene, Perhaps near Aberddwlas

A Welsh Scene, Perhaps near Aberddwlas
Francis Towne

View of a Mountain, Perhaps near Aberddwlas

View of a Mountain, Perhaps near Aberddwlas
Francis Towne

Landscape, Perhaps at Aberddwlas

Landscape, Perhaps at Aberddwlas
Francis Towne

A View of Machynlleth

Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam Museum

A View of Machynlleth
Francis Towne

A View near Dolgelly with Part of Cader Idris

A View near Dolgelly with Part of Cader Idris
Francis Towne

A View of the Cataract of the Mawddwy

A View of the Cataract of the Mawddwy
Francis Towne

A Distant View of Cader Idris

A Distant View of Cader Idris
Francis Towne

Landscape, perhaps of Cadair Idris

Landscape, perhaps of Cadair Idris
Francis Towne

Rhaeadr Ddu

Rhaeadr Ddu
Francis Towne

Pont Ddu

Pont Ddu
Francis Towne

Tan y Bwlch

Tan y Bwlch
Francis Towne

Maentwrog

Maentwrog
Francis Towne

Pont Aberglasllyn

Pont Aberglasllyn
Francis Towne

Aberglaslyn

Aberglaslyn
Francis Towne

A View of the Salmon Leap from Pont Aberglaslyn

A View of the Salmon Leap from Pont Aberglaslyn
Francis Towne

Caernarfon

Caernarfon
Francis Towne

Snowdon

Snowdon
Francis Towne

Mynydd Mawr

Mynydd Mawr
Francis Towne

A View of Llyn Cwellyn near Snowdon

A View of Llyn Cwellyn near Snowdon
Francis Towne

Llyn Cwellyn

Llyn Cwellyn
Francis Towne

Near Llyn Cwellyn

Near Llyn Cwellyn
Francis Towne

Penmaenmawr

Penmaenmawr
Francis Towne

The Beginning of the Road on Penmaenmawr

The Beginning of the Road on Penmaenmawr
Francis Towne

Conwy Castle

Conwy Castle
Francis Towne

A View of Denbigh Castle

A View of Denbigh Castle
Francis Towne

The Vale of the Dee below Llangollen

The Vale of the Dee below Llangollen
Francis Towne

A View in the Road near Llangollen

A View in the Road near Llangollen
Francis Towne

Castle of Dinas

Castle of Dinas
Francis Towne

A Scene on the Banks of the Dee

A Scene on the Banks of the Dee
Francis Towne

A View of the River Dee above Llangollen

A View of the River Dee above Llangollen
Francis Towne

A Scene on the Banks of the Dee

A Scene on the Banks of the Dee
Francis Towne

On the Banks of the Dee near Llangollen

On the Banks of the Dee near Llangollen
Francis Towne

View from Powis Castle towards Welshpool

View from Powis Castle towards Welshpool
Francis Towne

Montgomery

Montgomery
Francis Towne

A View in the Castle at Ludlow

A View in the Castle at Ludlow
Francis Towne

A View of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire

A View of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
Francis Towne

Oakley Park

Oakley Park
Francis Towne

Chepstow Castle

Chepstow Castle
Francis Towne

The West Front of Tintern Abbey

Chepstow Chepstow Museum and Art Gallery

The West Front of Tintern Abbey
Francis Towne

The Vale of Tan y Bwlch

The Vale of Tan y Bwlch
Francis Towne

Valle Crucis Abbey

Valle Crucis Abbey
Francis Towne

The Ruins of the Great Room in Ludlow Castle, Shopshire, where Milton’s Comus was Performed

The Ruins of the Great Room in Ludlow Castle, Shopshire, where Milton’s Comus was Performed
Francis Towne

A View of Glastonbury Abbey

A View of Glastonbury Abbey
Francis Towne

Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Abbey

Footnotes

  1. 1 Paul Oppé records: notes, ca. 1915.

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