Francis Towne
(British, 1739-1816)
Lake Maggiore with Sunlight Breaking Through Clouds, 1781
watercolor and pen and brown ink on paper laid to board, mounted by the artist
signed F. Towne, dated, and inscribed (lower left)
8 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches.

This lot is listed as catalogue number F313 in the online Francis Towne catalogue raisonne, as Lake Maggiore.

Provenance:
Arthur Champernowne, presumably bought from the artist
By descent to Arthur Melville Champernowne, great-grandson of the above
Sold: Sotheby's, London, May 20, 1936, Lot 1
Private Collection
Sold: Sotheby's, London, June 9, 1938
Palser Gallery, acquired at the above sale
Sold: Sotheby's, London, March 19, 1958, Lot 33
Sir William Worsley, Bt, acquired at the above sale
Thence by descent
Sold: Christie's, London, November 20, 1984, Lot 72 Colnaghi, London, acquired at the above sale
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1985

Exhibited:
London, Gallery No. 20 Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Exhibition of Original Drawings, no. 120, 121, or 122, as Lake of Maggiore
Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery, October 8 - November 23, 1958, no. 97
London, Colnaghi, English Watercolours & Drawings, May 8 - 24, 1985, no. 45

Literature:
Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, London, 1962, p. 144
Sir William Worsley, Early English Water-Colours at Hovingham Hall, 1963, p. 15
Timothy Wilcox, Francis Towne, London, 1997, p. 91
Gerald Bauer, Le Siecle d'Or de L'Aquarelle Anglaise, Paris, 1998, p. 42
Property from a Private Collection, Taos, New Mexico

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