Lot 241: FRANCIS TOWNE (ISLEWORTH 1739-1816) - The Breidden Hills going from Shrewsbury to Welshpool

FRANCIS TOWNE (ISLEWORTH 1739-1816)
The Breidden Hills going from Shrewsbury to Welshpool
inscribed, signed and dated ‘Malagolean Hills going/ from
Shrewsbury to Welch Pool/ august 24th 1810, morning light/ from
the left hand/ Francis Towne’ (on verso)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper 16.9 x 25.4cm (6 5/8 x 10in).

Provenance:
Francis Towne, by whom bequeathed in 1816 to
James White, Exeter (1744–1825), by whom bequeathed to
John Herman Merivale (1779–1844) and thence by descent to his
granddaughters
Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860– 1945), by 1915 (within a sketchbook)
Mr and Mrs Sutton, New Zealand, before 1963, by whom sold to
With The Fine Art Society, London, 1964, by whom sold to
Joseph Hawksley Elliot, Sheffield and thence by descent to his
daughter, by whom offered
Sale, Christie’s, London, 14 March 1978, lot 92, where purchased by
With Leger Galleries, London
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 14 April 1994, lot 465
With Leger Galleries, London, 1994
Private Collection, UK