- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- On the Side of Lake Windermere, near the Turnpike
- Date
- 1786/08/16
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, watercolour
- Dimensions
-
- image width 96mm,
- image length 155mm
- Mount
- mounted by the artist
- Inscription
-
- sheet, recto, lower right
- “No 15 / 1786 / F Towne del”
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “No 15 / [4 lines of indistinct inscription]”
- Inscription
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- artist's mount, verso
- “No. 15 Westmoreland / on the Side of the Lake of Windermere / near the Turnpike / Francis Towne delt / August 16th 1786”
- Object Type
- Watercolour
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- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- FT498
- Description Sources
- Examination; Bridgeman Art Library (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 (BP145). In April 1930 Judith Merivale sold it to Norman Darnton Lupton (1875–1953) of Hyde Crook, Dorchester, Dorset, for £12. Agnes Lupton (1874–1950) and Norman Lupton bequeathed the drawing to the present owner, Leeds City Art Gallery (13.199/53).
- Associated People & Organisations
- Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, 1953, 13.199/53
- Norman Darnton Lupton (1875 - 1953), Dorchester, April 1930, GBP 12
- Agnes Lupton (1874 - 1950), Dorchester, April 1930, GBP 12
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP145
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP145
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
- Exhibition History
- Catalogue of a collection of pictures, drawings, furniture and works of art of the Empire and Regency period : select examples of Romano-British art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1929
- Watercolours and Drawings from the City Art Gallery, Leeds, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1960, no. 38
- The Discovery of the Lake District, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1984, no. 86
- Bibliography
- Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, Charles Skilton: London, 1962, p. 132
- Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds Art Calendar, No. 26: Leeds, 1954, p. 12
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
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Comment
One of five drawings of Lake Windermere that Towne made on 16 August, this is a view looking to the buildings at Waterhead and, in the left distance, Clappersgate. The masses of Loughrigg are in the centre background, extending in the right distance towards the hills around Grasmere.