- Description
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- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- The Wrekin in Shropshire going off of a storm
- Date
- No date
- Object Type
- Unknown
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- Catalogue Number
- FT068
- Description Sources
- 1805 exhibition catalogue
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
Other entries in Exhibited
Francis Towne
A large Landscape, with a Scene in Shakespeare’s Cymberline
A large Landscape, with a Scene in Shakespeare’s Cymberline
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The Wrekin in Shropshire going off of a storm
The Wrekin in Shropshire going off of a storm
Francis Towne
A View on the River Exe, taken near the Seat of Sir Francis Drake, Devonshire
A View on the River Exe, taken near the Seat of Sir Francis Drake, Devonshire
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Chateau de Blonay near Vevey, at the Head of Lake Geneva
Chateau de Blonay near Vevey, at the Head of Lake Geneva
Francis Towne
The Ruins of La Bathia, near Martigny, Switzerland
The Ruins of La Bathia, near Martigny, Switzerland
Francis Towne
A View in Neptune’s Grotto of the Sybil’s Temple at Tivoli
A View in Neptune’s Grotto of the Sybil’s Temple at Tivoli
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View of the Passage over Mount Splugen in the Alps
View of the Passage over Mount Splugen in the Alps
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View near the Chateau de Chillon at the Head of Lake Geneva
View near the Chateau de Chillon at the Head of Lake Geneva
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Comment
Towne exhibited two views of the Wrekin in Shropshire, but only one composition survives (known in three versions, FT067, FT397, FT398, with dates of 1777 and 1783). The 1777 version may well have been exhibited in 1805, but the remaining exhibit is lost.