- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Tan y Bwlch
- Date
- 1777/07/06
- Medium
- Pen and ink, watercolour
- Dimensions
-
- image width 279mm,
- image length 216mm
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “Tan y bwlch July 6 1777 drawn on the spot No18”
- Watermark
-
- verso
- “J Villedary”
- Object Type
- Watercolour
-
- Catalogue Number
- FT084
- Description Sources
- Paul Oppé notes
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 (BP109a). Judith Merivale sold it to Squire Gallery in February 1935 for £6 6s., whereafter it is untraced.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
- Squire Gallery, London, February 1935, GBP 6.6s
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP109a
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP109a
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
Other entries in Tour of Wales, 1777
Francis Towne
View of a Mountain, Perhaps near Aberddwlas
View of a Mountain, Perhaps near Aberddwlas
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 Salmon Leap from Pont Aberglaslyn
A View of the Salmon Leap from Pont Aberglaslyn
Francis Towne
The West Front of Tintern Abbey
The West Front of Tintern Abbey
Chepstow Chepstow Museum and Art Gallery
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
Footnotes
- 1 Paul Oppé records: notes, ca. 1915.
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Comment
Paul Oppé’s note reads: “109(a) Foreground [. . .] Tan y bwlch July 6 1777 spot No18 J Villedary 11 x 8½ [279 x 216 mm]. Tree outlined ink, some hatching in ink, coloured strong brown with patches. [. . .] crumble. Little pretty hill distance in blue. Free.”1