Francis Towne
The Breidden Hills Going From Shrewsbury To Welshpool
Estimate: -1 - -1 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Description
The Breidden Hills going from Shrewsbury to Welshpool
inscribed, signed and dated 'Malagolean Hills going/ from Shrewsbury to Welch Pool/ august 24th 1810, morning light/ from the left hand/ Francis Towne' (on verso)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
16.9 x 25.4cm (6 5/8 x 10in).
Francis Towne, by whom bequeathed in 1816 to | James White, Exeter (1744–1825), by whom bequeathed to | John Herman Merivale (1779–1844) and thence by descent to his granddaughters | Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), by 1915 (within a sketchbook) | Mr and Mrs Sutton, New Zealand, before 1963, by whom sold to | With The Fine Art Society, London, 1964, by whom sold to | Joseph Hawksley Elliot, Sheffield and thence by descent to his daughter, by whom offered | Sale, Christie's, London, 14 March 1978, lot 92, where purchased by | With Leger Galleries, London | Sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 April 1994, lot 465
inscribed, signed and dated 'Malagolean Hills going/ from Shrewsbury to Welch Pool/ august 24th 1810, morning light/ from the left hand/ Francis Towne' (on verso)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
16.9 x 25.4cm (6 5/8 x 10in).
Francis Towne, by whom bequeathed in 1816 to | James White, Exeter (1744–1825), by whom bequeathed to | John Herman Merivale (1779–1844) and thence by descent to his granddaughters | Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), by 1915 (within a sketchbook) | Mr and Mrs Sutton, New Zealand, before 1963, by whom sold to | With The Fine Art Society, London, 1964, by whom sold to | Joseph Hawksley Elliot, Sheffield and thence by descent to his daughter, by whom offered | Sale, Christie's, London, 14 March 1978, lot 92, where purchased by | With Leger Galleries, London | Sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 April 1994, lot 465
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