Name: FRANCIS TOWNE (MIDDLESEX 1739-1816 LONDON)
Brand: View of the waterfall at Chudleigh Rock, Devon
Price: 8500.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

FRANCIS TOWNE (MIDDLESEX 1739-1816 LONDON)
View of the waterfall at Chudleigh Rock, Devon
signed and dated 'F. Towne. delt./ 1787' (lower left) and inscribed 'Waterfall at Chudleigh Rock/ Francis Towne/ 1787' (on the verso of the original mount)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
6 x 7 in. (15.2 x 17.8 cm.)

The artist, by whom bequeathed to James White of Exeter.
John Herman Merivale (B.P. 206), and by descent to
Maria Sophia Merivale and Judith Ann Merivale, by whom given to her niece
Patricia Rawlins
and by descent to the present owner.

R. Stephens, A catalogue raisonné of Francis Towne, online edition, no. FT539.

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Lot Essay

Within easy reach of Towne's home in Exeter, Chudleigh is five miles or so south-east of Canonteign along the River Teign. It is close to Ugbrooke Park, the home of Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, for whom Towne had worked in the 1770s. The falls at Chudleigh Rock were a popular beauty spot, and were visited by John Herman Merivale, later the owner of this drawing, in 1805.
We are grateful to Timothy Wilcox and Dr Richard Stephens for their help in preparing this catalogue entry.