- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Wythburn
- Lake of Wyburn in Cumberland
- Date
- ca. 1786/08
- Medium
- Unknown
- Dimensions
-
- [?] image width 155mm,
- [?] image length 235mm
- Support
- Presumably on paper
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “Wyburn” and “4 o clock”, and numbered “35”
- Object Type
- Unknown
-
- Catalogue Number
- FT491
- Description Sources
- Agnew’s records; Wilcox 1997
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. In May 1915 Merivale’s granddaughters Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), both of Oxford, inherited the drawing (BP150). In 1929 Judith Merivale gave it to her nephew Alexander Merivale (b.1901) and his wife Elizabeth, probably as a wedding present, whereafter it is untraced.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
- Elizabeth Merivale, 1929
- Alexander Merivale (born 1901), 1929
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP150
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP150
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
- Exhibition History
- [?] Exhibition of Original Drawings at the Gallery, No.20 Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, 20 Lower Brook Street, 1805, no. 85 as 'Lake of Wyburn in Cumberland'
- Bibliography
- Timothy Wilcox, Francis Towne, Tate Publishing: London, 1997, p. 119
Other entries in Lake District, 1786
Francis Towne
A View at Ambleside, near Sir Michael Fleming’s on the Road to Keswick
A View at Ambleside, near Sir Michael Fleming’s on the Road to Keswick
Francis Towne
A View taken at Ambleside at the Head of Lake Windermere
A View taken at Ambleside at the Head of Lake Windermere
Francis Towne
Looking from Ambleside across Lake Windermere
Looking from Ambleside across Lake Windermere
Francis Towne
A View near the Turnpike on the Way from Low Wood to Ambleside
A View near the Turnpike on the Way from Low Wood to Ambleside
Francis Towne
Looking to the Mountains over the Head of Buttermere
Looking to the Mountains over the Head of Buttermere
Francis Towne
A View at Low Wood, looking across the Head of Lake Windermere
A View at Low Wood, looking across the Head of Lake Windermere
Francis Towne
Raven Crag and Part of Thirlmere
Raven Crag and Part of Thirlmere
Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam Museum
Francis Towne
St John’s in the Vale, looking towards Grasmere
St John’s in the Vale, looking towards Grasmere
Francis Towne
St John’s in the Vale looking towards Keswick
St John’s in the Vale looking towards Keswick
Francis Towne
A View in St John’s in the Vale looking towards Keswick
A View in St John’s in the Vale looking towards Keswick
Francis Towne
On the Side of Lake Windermere, near the Turnpike
On the Side of Lake Windermere, near the Turnpike
Francis Towne
A View of Derwent Water looking towards Lodore Falls
A View of Derwent Water looking towards Lodore Falls
Francis Towne
A View from the Cascade in the Groves at Ambleside
A View from the Cascade in the Groves at Ambleside
Francis Towne
At Ambleside coming from the Cascade in the Groves
At Ambleside coming from the Cascade in the Groves
Francis Towne
A View of Rydal Water looking towards Rydal Hall
A View of Rydal Water looking towards Rydal Hall
Francis Towne
Elter Force, near Ambleside
Elter Force, near Ambleside
National Gallery National Gallery of Victoria
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