FDA-D.505-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.505-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
A Rocky Landscape with a Waterfall
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Other number
Pi 191
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 468mm
width (actual size): 352mm
width (actual size): 352mm
Inscription
Signed and dated 'Fr Towne/delt 1795' (lower right), and signed and dated 'Francis Towne/delt 1796' (on reverse of the mount)
Materials & techniques note
Pen & grey ink, and watercolour
Production
Person
Towne, Francis, 1739 - 1816 (Artist)
Date
c. 1795
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: A. Champernowne of Dartington Hall; Sotheby's, 27 April 1911 (lot 274), bought A.P. Oppe; D. Eccles; Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington,1973
Exhibited: London, Agnew's 1949 `Loan exhibition of water-colour drawings by Francis Towne (1740-1816) the property of A.P. Oppe Esq., C. B.' (29); Colnaghi, 1958 (48); Colnaghi, 1963 (33); 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie's 2003 (catalogue number 33); 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Exhibited: London, Agnew's 1949 `Loan exhibition of water-colour drawings by Francis Towne (1740-1816) the property of A.P. Oppe Esq., C. B.' (29); Colnaghi, 1958 (48); Colnaghi, 1963 (33); 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie's 2003 (catalogue number 33); 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 40), Catalogue number: 33
