The Barton Place catalogue is a list compiled by Paul Oppé of the drawings inherited through Towne's bequest by Maria Sophia Merivale (1853-1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860-1945), two sisters who lived together at 4 Parktown, Oxford. These two possessed most of Towne's works known to have existed in 1915, as well as Towne's "lovely Portfolio Stand"¹ but over 40 drawings became the property of their cousin Emily Harriet Buckingham (1853-1923), and other family members inherited paintings and drawings then and later. Oppé marked the verso of each drawing in the catalogue with the letters BP in a circle, followed by a number which corresponds to the list; many of Oppé's markings remain on Towne's drawings. Oppé's list formed part of a larger inventory of belongings from Barton Place, now lost.

The copy of the catalogue used here, from the Towne records at Agnew's, is a photocopy of Judith Merivale's own handwritten catalogue, and includes her notes of the sales and gifts of drawings between 1915 and her death in 1945. The title page reads: "Mr.A.Paul Oppe's Catalogue of Drawings by Francis Towne from the Barton Place collection inherited by M.S.Merivlae & Judith A.Merivale in May 1915 when the home was broken up after the death of Aunt Anna, last surviving daughter of our grandfather John Herman to whom Mr. Towne had bequeathed them. Space is left in this list for the drawings selected by Emily Buckingham, most of which have since been sold through Agnew. JAM.April 1924".

A transcription of the catalogue is available for download; in the far left column are given the numbers of the works in the catalogue raisonné which come from Barton Place.