- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
- View of the Chateau de Glerolles, on the Lake of Geneva
- Chateau de Glerolles near Vevey on the Lake of Geneva
- Date
- 1786
- Medium
- Watercolour
- Dimensions
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- image width 319mm,
- image length 488mm
- Inscription
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- sheet, recto, lower right
- signed, dated “1786”
- Inscription
-
- artist's mount, verso
- “Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva”
- Object Type
- Watercolour
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- Catalogue Number
- FT450
- Description Sources
- Agnew's records (image)
Provenance
Untraced until sold by Whitton & Laing, Exeter auctioneers, on 13 August 1969, lot 202, for £750 to Agnew’s (no.9642). On 21 June 1973 Agnew’s sold it to a Swiss collector, whereafter it is untraced. As it was sold in an Exeter auction room, probably this work originated in a collection from that area.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
- Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 13 August 1969, GBP 750, no.9642
- Whitton & Laing, Exeter, Exeter, 13 August 1969
lot 202
- Exhibition History
- [?] Exhibition of Original Drawings at the Gallery, No.20 Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, 20 Lower Brook Street, 1805, no. 109 as 'Chateau de Glerolles near Vevey on the Lake of Geneva'
- [?] The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, Royal Academy of Arts, 1809, no. 525 as 'View of the Chateau de Glerolles, on the Lake of Geneva'
- 97th Annual Exhibition of Water-Colours and Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1970, no. 25
- 98th Annual Exhibition of Water-Colours and Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1971, no. 188
- 100th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1973, no. 21
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The Wrekin, on the Road between Much Wenlock and Shrewsbury
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A View going from the Head of Lake Como over Mount Splugen
A View going from the Head of Lake Como over Mount Splugen
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The Campagna near Rome looking towards the Sabine Mountains
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A View of Loreto with Part of the Adriatic Sea
A View of Loreto with Part of the Adriatic Sea
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A View near the Arco Scuro Looking towards the Villa Medici
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An Evening View from Mount Palatine looking towards Mount Aventine
An Evening View from Mount Palatine looking towards Mount Aventine
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A View on the Banks of the Tiber near Monte Milvio
A View on the Banks of the Tiber near Monte Milvio
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A View of the Temple of Venus looking towards the Island of Nisida
A View of the Temple of Venus looking towards the Island of Nisida
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Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
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Abbey Valley Crucis, near Llangollen on the River Dee, North Wales
Abbey Valley Crucis, near Llangollen on the River Dee, North Wales
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A View on the Banks of the Dee above Llangollen
A View on the Banks of the Dee above Llangollen
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A View of the Bay of Naples with the Island of Capri
A View of the Bay of Naples with the Island of Capri
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Comment
This is a version of a 1781 drawing, now lost (perhaps FT382), looking towards the Geneva end of the lake. It is identified with the 1805 and 1809 exhibits on the grounds of its title although perhaps it is an earlier version of the work or works exhibited then.