- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- A Rushing Stream, probably Stock Ghyll
- Trees and Rushing Stream
- Date
- ca. 1786/08
- Medium
- Pencil (?), pen and brown ink, watercolour
- Dimensions
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- image width 269mm,
- image length 379mm
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “Light from the Right Hand”
- Object Type
- Watercolour
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- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- FT519
- Description Sources
- Museum records; 1989 Ulster catalogue (image)
Provenance
This drawing was bought (in 1936 according to the museum’s records) at the Fine Art Society by the current owner, Ulster Museum (no.864). Probably this drawing or FT523 is BP156, sold by Judith Merivale (1860–1945) to Squire Gallery in February 1935 for £14. BP156 was drawn on Italian paper of the same size as this drawing and had no date or title inscribed. The back of the drawing is inscribed “Louisa”, presumably indicating it was owned by Judith Merivale’s aunt, Louisa Ann Merivale (1819–85), who lived at Barton Place, or Louisa Buckingham (b.1850), sister of Emily Buckingham.
- Associated People & Organisations
- National Museums Northern Ireland, Collection Ulster Museum, Belfast, 1936, BELUM.U864
- The Fine Art Society, London, London, 1936
- Squire Gallery, London, February 1935, GBP 14
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP156
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP156
- [?] 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
- An Exhibition of Early English Water-Colour Drawings, Fine Art Society, 1935, no. 58 as 'Trees and Rushing Stream'
- An Exhibition of Early English Water-Colour Drawings, Fine Art Society, 1935, no. 19 as 'Trees and Rushing Stream'
- Portraits and Prospects: British and Irish Drawings and Watercolours from the Collection of The Ulster Museum, Ulster Museum, 1989, no. 16
- Bibliography
- Timothy Wilcox, Francis Towne, Tate Publishing: London, 1997, p. 109
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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Comment
Two drawings of Ambleside, one dated 14 August, are similar in type to this one (FT479, FT518). If this is indeed of Stock Ghyll in Ambleside, Towne may have been aiming—with this view wholly comprised of natural elements—consciously to contrast it with his other views, which feature the inn and industrial buildings. Evidently this is, like those views, an evening view looking west. Alternatively, as the stream is quite wide, perhaps it is a view of the Rivers Brathay or Rothay on their approaches to Windermere lake.