Lot 125: Francis Towne (Isleworth 1739-1816 London) - The Lake of Wyburn (Thirlmere), with Raven Crag to the left and Skiddaw beyond,...

Francis Towne (Isleworth 1739-1816 London)
The Lake of Wyburn (Thirlmere), with Raven Crag to the left and Skiddaw beyond,...
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolor, on two joined sheets of a sketchbook
6. 1/8 x 18. 1/2 in. (15.7 x 47.2 cm)

Bequeathed by the artist in 1816 to
James White of Exeter (1744-1825) and by bequest to
John Herman Merivale (1779-1844) and by descent to his granddaughters
Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), by whom given to her nephew
Alexander Merivale (b.1901) and by descent to the present owner.