- Description
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- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- Trees over a Torrent
- Date
- ca. 1786/08
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, watercolour, sepia
- Dimensions
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- image width 378mm,
- image length 267mm
- Support
- wove paper with a partial watermark
- Object Type
- Watercolour
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- Catalogue Number
- FT528
- Description Sources
- Examination (image)
Provenance
Bequeathed by the artist in 1816 to James White (1744–1825) of Exeter, on whose death it passed to Towne’s residuary legatee John Herman Merivale (1779–1844) and his successors. Merivale’s granddaughters Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), both of Oxford, inherited the drawing in May 1915 (BP160 “no name but clearly belonging to Ambleside series”). In 1937 it was on sale at the Fine Art Society, although the Barton Place catalogue gives no details of how it came to be there. By July 1937 the drawing had been sold, and in 1942 it was on sale again at the Fine Art Society, where on 26 November 1942 it was sold for £36 15s. to Geoffrey Fenwick Jocelyn Cumberlege (1891–1979). The back of the drawing is inscribed “Louisa”, suggesting that it was owned by Louisa Ann Merivale (1819–1885), seventh child of John Herman Merivale.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Geoffrey Fenwick Jocelyn Cumberlege (1891 - 1979), 26 November 1942, GBP 36 15s
- The Fine Art Society, London, 1942
- The Fine Art Society, London, London, 1937
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP160
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP160
- [?] Louisa Buckingham (1850)
The back of the drawing is inscribed “Louisa” - [?] Louisa Ann Merivale (1819 - 1885)
The back of the drawing is inscribed “Louisa” - John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
- Exhibition History
- Exhibition of Early English Water-Colour Drawings, Fine Art Society, 1937, no. 3 as 'Trees over a Torrent 'Morning light from the right' Ex Merivale'
- Exhibition of Early English Water-Colour Drawings, Fine Art Society, 1937, no. 12 as 'Trees over a Torrent', marked as sold
- Exhibition of Watercolours: Drawings and Oils by Early English Artists, Fine Art Society, 1942, no. 63 as 'Trees over a Torrent'
Other entries in Lake District, 1786
A View at Ambleside, near Sir Michael Fleming’s on the Road to Keswick
A View taken at Ambleside at the Head of Lake Windermere
Looking from Ambleside across Lake Windermere
A View near the Turnpike on the Way from Low Wood to Ambleside
Looking to the Mountains over the Head of Buttermere
A View at Low Wood, looking across the Head of Lake Windermere
Raven Crag and Part of Thirlmere
Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam Museum
St John’s in the Vale, looking towards Grasmere
St John’s in the Vale looking towards Keswick
A View in St John’s in the Vale looking towards Keswick
On the Side of Lake Windermere, near the Turnpike
A View of Derwent Water looking towards Lodore Falls
A View from the Cascade in the Groves at Ambleside
At Ambleside coming from the Cascade in the Groves
A View of Rydal Water looking towards Rydal Hall
Elter Force, near Ambleside
National Gallery National Gallery of Victoria
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Comment
This is probably a study made in or near Ambleside, perhaps at Stock Ghyll or on the Rivers Brathay or Rothay on the outskirts of the town. The drawing has been heavily worked up by Towne late in life. Oppé’s reference to an “Ambleside series” indicates that he associated it with other works of Stock Ghyll made on Roman paper.