- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- In the Road to Radnor
- Date
- 1810
- Medium
- Pen and ink, (?) watercolour
- Dimensions
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- image width 171mm,
- image width 254mm
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “In the Road to Radnor”
- Part of
-
- 1810 Sketchbook
- Object Type
- Watercolour
-
- Catalogue Number
- FT697
- Description Sources
- Agnew's records (image)
Provenance
Bequeathed by Francis Towne in 1816 to James White of Exeter (1744–1825), on whose death it passed to Towne’s residuary legatee John Herman Merivale (1779–1844) and his successors. Merivale’s granddaughters Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), both of Oxford, inherited the drawing in May 1915 within a sketchbook containing FT689 to FT714. It is untraced thereafter apart from being on sale at Agnew’s in 1987.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
- Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1987
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915
The drawing was inherited within a sketchbook containing FT689 to FT714. - Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915
The drawing was inherited within a sketchbook containing FT689 to FT714. - John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
Other entries in 1810 Sketchbook
Francis Towne
The Breidden Hills going from Shrewsbury to Welshpool
The Breidden Hills going from Shrewsbury to Welshpool
Francis Towne
The Forest of Radnor and the Black Mountains
The Forest of Radnor and the Black Mountains
Francis Towne
Mount Batten and Mount Edgcumbe from Teat’s Hill, near Plymouth
Mount Batten and Mount Edgcumbe from Teat’s Hill, near Plymouth
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Comment
This drawing is known only from a photograph in Agnew’s records. It is associated with the 1810 sketchbook on the grounds of its size, subject, and style; Oppé’s description of the sketchbook in ca. 1915 mentioned a Radnor subject.