- Description
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- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- Bridge over the River Camel at Wadebridge, Cornwall
- Date
- ca. 1766 - 1775
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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- overall height 1005mm,
- overall width 1865mm
- Object Type
- Oil painting
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- Catalogue Number
- FT060a
- Description Sources
- Examination
Provenance
Presumed commissioned by Sir John Molesworth, 5th Bt (1729–75), and descended to the current owner.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Private Collection
- [?] Sir John Molesworth (1730 - 1775), Bodmin, Cornwall
Other entries in Oil Paintings, 1773–80
Francis Towne
Church of St Petroc, Egloshayle, near Wadebridge, Cornwall
Church of St Petroc, Egloshayle, near Wadebridge, Cornwall
Francis Towne
Bridge over the River Camel at Wadebridge, Cornwall
Bridge over the River Camel at Wadebridge, Cornwall
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Comment
The attribution of this painting to Towne relies chiefly on its relationship to another painting at Pencarrow (FT060), whose author is clearly the same, rather than from its own internal characteristics. No other painting by Towne is known that is so wholly given over to built structures, which makes comparisons very difficult.