- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Edinburgh Castle & Calton Hill
- Date
- 1811/08/13
- Medium
- Pencil, watercolour
- Dimensions
-
- image height 172mm,
- image width 510mm
- Support
- two sheets
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “No.1 / Edinburgh Castle & Calton Hill / August 13h.1811 / Francis Towne”
- Part of
-
- 1811 Sketchbook
- Object Type
- Watercolour
-
- Collection
-
- (D 5326)
- Catalogue Number
- FT719
- Description Sources
- Examination; Christie's records (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. It descended to Merivale’s granddaughter Janet Louisa Gibbs (née Merivale, d.1909) within a sketchbook containing FT715 to FT732, and thereafter within her family, until it was sold at Christie’s on 12 November 1991, lot 10, for £8,500 to Leger Galleries, from whom it was purchased by the current owner, the National Gallery of Scotland (D 5326).
- Associated People & Organisations
- National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, D 5326
- Leger Galleries, London, 12 November 1991, GBP 8500
- Christie's, London, London, 12 November 1991, lot 10
- Janet Louisa Gibbs (née Merivale) (? - 1909)
Within a sketchbook containing FT715 to FT732. - John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
Other entries in 1811 Sketchbook
Francis Towne
Newton Cottage with Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Cragg
Newton Cottage with Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Cragg
Francis Towne
The Firth of Forth with the Island of Inchkeith
The Firth of Forth with the Island of Inchkeith
Francis Towne
Windsor Castle from the Grounds of Eton College
Windsor Castle from the Grounds of Eton College
Francis Towne
Windsor Castle from the Grounds of Eton College
Windsor Castle from the Grounds of Eton College
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Comment
This is a view looking east, with the New Town development of Princes Street on the left. The Nelson Monument, which was completed in 1807 to commemorate the battle of Trafalgar two years before, is visible in the distance on Calton Hill.