Five drawings that Towne made in north Devon in August 1783 survive, four of which are dated 26 August (FT400, FT401, FT402, FT403). Towne began a numbered series with three studies of the ancient woodland at Indicnowle (FT400, FT401, FT402), a mile or so south of Combe Martin (FT403). A sketch of Lynton Rocks (FT404) was probably made around the same time. A view of Dunkeswell Abbey, numbered 11 and dated 20 August (FT405), is perhaps part of the same series although, alone among this group, it is coloured and on a different size of paper.
In addition to the drawings in this group, there is also sketch of Canonteign from the same year and numbered 15 (FT406), but its precise date is unknown.
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- Article title
- North Devon, 1783
- Author
- Richard Stephens
- Date
- 21/01/2016
- Article DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17658/towne/s3e1
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- Richard Stephens, "North Devon, 1783", A Catalogue Raisonné of Francis Towne (1739-1816), (London: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2016), https://doi.org/10.17658/towne/s3e1
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