- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Werrington
- Date
- No date
- Medium
- Pen and ink, (?) watercolour
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “Werington”
- Object Type
- Outline only
-
- Catalogue Number
- FT611
- Description Sources
- Paul Oppé notes; Barton Place catalogue
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. Merivale’s granddaughters Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), both of Oxford, inherited the drawing in May 1915 (BP225). This drawing was probably “One small coloured sketch trees Werington (no date)” given to Rose Merivale in June 1935 (presumably Rosamund Merivale, b.1912), whereafter it is untraced.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Rosamund MacBrien (née Merivale, later Young) (1912), June 1935
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP225
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP225
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
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
Footnotes
- 1 Paul Oppé records: notes, ca. 1915.
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Comment
Paul Oppé’s note reads: “Werrington n.d. Spotty ink thro’out foliage as tho to strengthen the 212 [FT589] manner. Quite light colour in places & dark shadows. Not hatched. But these spots everywhere. Ferns in ink foregrd R & L.”1 In another note Paul Oppé described FT614, measuring 240 x 305 mm, as “practically = [equal to] this drawing”.
See also the Comments at FT417 and FT604.