- Description
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- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- A Landscape and Figures
- Date
- 1762
- Medium
- [?] Oil painting
- Object Type
- Oil painting
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- Catalogue Number
- FT003
- Description Sources
- Society of Artists exhibition catalogues
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
- [?] Langford's, 23 February 1762, lot 30
- Bibliography
- Society of Artists of Great Britain, A catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, designs in architecture, models, drawings, prints &c exhibited: London, 1762
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
Francis Towne
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
Francis Towne
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
Francis Towne
View of the Passage over Mount Splugen in the Alps
View of the Passage over Mount Splugen in the Alps
Francis Towne
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
This picture served as a pair with FT002. At the ensuing auction at Langford’s on 23 February 1762 it was probably lot 30, “A Landscape and Figures – Companion to Lot 1”, which was estimated at £2 13s. but sold for £2 2s.