Lot 5: FRANCIS TOWNE (ISLEWORTH 1739-1816) The Lady Chapel of Glastonbury Abbey signed and d

FRANCIS TOWNE (ISLEWORTH 1739-1816) The Lady Chapel of Glastonbury Abbey signed and dated ‘F.Towne/delt.1777’ (lower left), inscribed ‘A View of Glastonbury Abbey/drawn by Francis Towne/1777’ (on the reverse of the artist’s mount) and signed ‘Francis Towne’ and numbered ‘No 53’ (on the reverse of the original sheet prior to being laid down) pencil, pen, black ink and watercolour on paper laid down onto a mount by the artist 29.7 x 48.2cm (11 11/16 x 19in).

Provenance: Bequeathed by the artist in 1816 to James White of Exeter (1744- 1825) on whose death it passed to Towne’s residuary legatee John Herman Merivale (1779-1844) and his successors His grandson George Montagu Merivale (b.1855) of Sydney, Australia His daughter Angel Merivale (b.1884) [?]R.Madoc Sale, Lawrence’s, Crewkerne 22 May 1980, lot 83, (£1,600) Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 11 July 1990, lot 60, (£9,500) where purchased by a private collector by whom it was gifted to the present owners