Francis Towne
The Breidden Hills going from Shrewsbury to Welshpool
1810169 x 254 mm
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Inscribed, signed and dated, on verso: Malagolean Hills going/ from Shrewsbury to Welch Pool/ august 24th 1810, morning light/ from the left hand/ Francis Towne
Sale Bonhams, London, 24 October 2018
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
Sale Bonhams, London, 24 October 2018, nr. 241