Lot 322: FRANCIS TOWNE

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ISLEWORTH, MIDDLESEX BAP. 1739-1816 LONDON
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE, DEVON
together with a Study of a Tree; and Hagar in the Wilderness, by the same hand
Quantity: 3
The first pen and black ink and grey wash over traces of pencil, on laid paper;
the second pen and brown ink, on laid paper, original wash-line mount;
the third pen and brown ink and watercolour, on laid paper;
the first inscribed, verso: Oakhampton Castle;
the second signed, lower left: F. Towne delt.;
the third signed, lower left: F. Towne / delt; further inscribed verso: No. 8
The first 200 by 323 mm; the second 156 by 102 mm; the third 275 by 190 mm

James White, of Exeter (1745-1825);
John Herman Merivale, of Barton Place (1779-1844);
thence by descent to the present owner