- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- A Scene in Werrington Park, near Launceston in Cornwall
- In Werington Park
- Date
- 1796
- Medium
- Pencil, watercolour
- Dimensions
-
- image width 149mm,
- image length 187mm
- Mount
- mounted by the artist
- Inscription
-
- sheet, recto, lower left
- “F.Towne delt. 1796”
- Inscription
-
- artist's mount, verso
- “A Scene in Werington Park / near Launceston in the County / of Cornwall taken / by Francis Towne / Mounted 1796 in Exeter”
- Object Type
- Watercolour
-
- Catalogue Number
- FT588
- Description Sources
- Christie's records (image)
Provenance
This drawing was sold at Christie’s on 21 March 1989, lot 137, for £1,700, whereafter it is untraced.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
- Christie's, London, London, 21 March 1989, lot 137
Sold for for £1,700
Other entries in Cornwall, Including Werrington, 1787–99
Francis Towne
A Scene in Werrington Park, near Launceston in Cornwall
A Scene in Werrington Park, near Launceston in Cornwall
Francis Towne
A Scene taken at Newport near Launceston, Cornwall
A Scene taken at Newport near Launceston, Cornwall
Francis Towne
A View in Werrington Park, looking from the Terrace
A View in Werrington Park, looking from the Terrace
Francis Towne
Francis Towne and an Unidentified Pupil: A View of Launceston from Newport
Francis Towne and an Unidentified Pupil: A View of Launceston from Newport
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Comment
Based on the photograph, Towne’s drawing seems to depict a body of water seen through a bank of trees. Possibly, therefore, it shows the canal at Werrington, seen also in FT614.