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Artist: Francis Towne (1739 - 1816) (10)

Period: 19th century (9230)

Type: graphite (1872)

Keywords
landscapes (1046)

Thames from Millbank

1801

Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)

Pen and ink, watercolour, graphite on paper

Height: 22.5 cm (left sheet 22.4 cm, right sheet 22.6 cm); Width: 74 cm (left sheet 36.7 cm, right sheet 37.3 cm);

Inscription

Pen and ink, verso, A View from Millbank the Thames Battersea Bridge & Church in the Distance / taken in the Morning of a hot Day drawn by Francis Towne on the Spot.
Pencil, on old mount & lower right, The Thames from Millbank

Acquisition (source, method, date)
Major J.K. Nairne, Commander D.C. Nairne and Sir Patrick Nairne (in memory of their cousin Dick Kemp); gift; 1971 (November)
D.1971.XX.11

Copyright: © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London