The Wrekin, Shropshire

c. 1777/1783

Francis Towne

Artist, British, 1739 - 1816

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray wash over traces of graphite with pen and brown and gray ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Stone

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.46 × 37.94 cm (10 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2022.40.52

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stephens Online Catalogue, no. FT398


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to James White of Exeter [1744-1825]; to John Herman Merivale [1779-1844]; by descent to Judith Ann Merivale ]1860-1945], Oxford, by 1915; (sold 1933 to Squire Gallery, London); probably bought by Iolo Williams, London [1890-1962]; (sold by him to Colnaghi, London, 6 July 1943, inv. no. A11906]; sold 7 July 1943 to J. Leslie Wright [1862-1953. Professor John Malins, London [1915-1992], by 1962; by descent until 2018; (Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, London); Donald D. Stone, New York [1942 - 2020], in 2019; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

n.d.

  • Stephens, Richard. A Catalogue Raisonné of Francis Towne (1739-1816). http://francistowne.ac.uk. No. FT398.

1974

  • Bury, Adrian. Francis Towne: Lone Star of Water-colour Painting. London, 1962: 150

1997

  • Wilcox, Timothy. Francis Towne. London, 1997: 13.

Inscriptions

upper center verso in graphite: 128 [encircled] B.P.; lower left verso in graphite: The Wrekin, in the Road between Wenlock / and Shrewsbury


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