- Description
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- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- Ugbrooke Park
- Date
- 1775
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, grey wash
- Dimensions
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- image width 419mm,
- image length 705mm
- Inscription
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- label, verso
- “1775”
- According to a twentieth-century label attached to the frame
- Object Type
- Monochrome wash
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- Catalogue Number
- FT057
- Description Sources
- Wilcox; Witt Library (image)
Provenance
Commissioned by Hugh, 4th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1726–1783), and descended to the present owner.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Private Collection
- [?] Hugh Clifford, 4th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1726 - 1783), Chudleigh, Devon, 1775
- Exhibition History
- Three Exeter Artists of the Eighteenth Century: Francis Hayman RA, Francis Towne, John White Abbott, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 1951, no. 66, 67 or 69
- Bibliography
- Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, Charles Skilton: London, 1962, p. 140
- Timothy Wilcox, Francis Towne, Tate Publishing: London, 1997, p. 50
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Landscape with Resting Man, perhaps at Canon Teign
Landscape with Resting Man, perhaps at Canon Teign
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A View of the Arch in Peamore Park looking towards the House
A View of the Arch in Peamore Park looking towards the House
Francis Towne
A View coming from the Belvedere to Powderham Castle
A View coming from the Belvedere to Powderham Castle
Francis Towne
Torre Abbey, Devon, the Seat of George Cary, Esq.
Torre Abbey, Devon, the Seat of George Cary, Esq.
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Comment
This appears to be a view of rising ground north of the middle lake, near Ugbrooke House. No study for it is known.