FDA-D.504-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.504-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Landscape with Trees and a Mounted Figure
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Other number
Pi 190
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 408mm
width (actual size): 317mm
width (actual size): 317mm
Inscription
Signed and dated 'Francis Towne del 1783' and signed 'Francis Towne delt 1783' (on the mount)
Materials & techniques note
Pen and grey and brown ink, on the artist's original mount
Production
Person
Towne, Francis, 1739 - 1816 (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Treasures of Eton College Library, 1990, no.236
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington, 1973
References
• Quarrie, P., Treasures of Eton College Library: 550 years of collecting, exhibition catalogue, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1990, Catalogue number: 236
