- Description
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- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- Near Marlpool, Exmouth
- Date
- 1794/09/01
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and brown ink, watercolour
- Dimensions
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- image width 230mm,
- image length 185mm
- Inscription
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- sheet, verso
- “This taken near Marlpool Exmouth / Septr. 1st. 1794 F.Towne / Evening sun on the right hand side”
- in brown ink
- Object Type
- Watercolour
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- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- FT579
- Description Sources
- Museum records (image)
Provenance
Bequeathed by the artist 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 (BP210a). In September 1934 Judith Merivale sold it to Squire Gallery for £6 6s., where it was purchased in 1937 by the current owner, the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent (1937.FA.261).
- Associated People & Organisations
- Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, 1937, 1937.FA.261
- Squire Gallery, September 1934, GBP 6.6s
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP210a
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP210a
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
Other entries in Exeter and the Exe, 1791–99
Francis Towne
Scene in the City of Exeter between the Quaygate and Westgate
Scene in the City of Exeter between the Quaygate and Westgate
Francis Towne
A Lane in the Village of Heavitree, near Exeter
A Lane in the Village of Heavitree, near Exeter
Footnotes
- 1 Paul Oppé records: notes, ca. 1915.
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Comment
This is a view near Marlpool Hall, outside Exmouth. Paul Oppé’s note reads: “210. Marlpool 1794. Much outline Tree & foliage, Orange sky behind to green. Very much hatched.”1 Although it was made a decade earlier, the drawing is no different in style to FT628 and FT629 dated 1803 and 1804.