- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Grasmere
- Date
- 1787
- Medium
- Watercolour
- Dimensions
-
- image width 305mm,
- image length 441mm
- Mount
- mounted by the artist
- Inscription
-
- sheet, recto, lower right
- “Francis Towne / delt 1787”
- Inscription
-
- artist's mount, verso
- “A view of Grasmere-water. Drawn by Francis Towne 1787”
- Object Type
- Watercolour
-
- Catalogue Number
- FT534
- Description Sources
- Bury 1962; Witt Library (image)
Provenance
Untraced until sold by the Polak Gallery to the Fine Art Society (no.7610) on 26 November 1962 for £820. The Fine Art Society sold it in ca. 1963 to Cecil Francis Joseph Beausire of Liverpool (1898–1972), whereafter it is untraced. The Witt Library card states that this work was in the collection of Sir Wathen Waller, Bt, perhaps Sir Wathen Arthur Waller, 5th Bt of Warwick (1881–1947), who had a sale at Sotheby’s in 1921; or perhaps his ancestor Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller, 1st Bt (1769–1853), George III’s Nonconformist eye surgeon.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
- Cecil Francis Joseph Beausire (1898 - 1972), 1963
- The Fine Art Society, London, London, 26 November 1962, GBP 820, no.7610
- Polak Gallery, 26 November 1962
- [?] Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller (1881 - 1947)
- [?] Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller (1769 - 1853)
- Bibliography
- Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, Charles Skilton: London, 1962, p. 46
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The Wrekin, on the Road between Much Wenlock and Shrewsbury
The Wrekin, on the Road between Much Wenlock and Shrewsbury
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A View going from the Head of Lake Como over Mount Splugen
A View going from the Head of Lake Como over Mount Splugen
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The Campagna near Rome looking towards the Sabine Mountains
The Campagna near Rome looking towards the Sabine Mountains
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A View of Loreto with Part of the Adriatic Sea
A View of Loreto with Part of the Adriatic Sea
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A View near the Arco Scuro Looking towards the Villa Medici
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An Evening View from Mount Palatine looking towards Mount Aventine
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A View on the Banks of the Tiber near Monte Milvio
A View on the Banks of the Tiber near Monte Milvio
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A View of the Temple of Venus looking towards the Island of Nisida
A View of the Temple of Venus looking towards the Island of Nisida
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Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
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Abbey Valley Crucis, near Llangollen on the River Dee, North Wales
Abbey Valley Crucis, near Llangollen on the River Dee, North Wales
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A View on the Banks of the Dee above Llangollen
A View on the Banks of the Dee above Llangollen
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A View of the Bay of Naples with the Island of Capri
A View of the Bay of Naples with the Island of Capri
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Comment
This is a version of FT504. The existence of this work, dated the year after the 1786 tour, suggests that Towne had some early success with his Lake District sketches.