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Francis Towne (Middlesex 1739-1816 London)
Lot 37

Francis Towne (Middlesex 1739-1816 London)

Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy

Closed2 July 2013

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Francis Towne (Middlesex 1739-1816 London)
Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy
signed, inscribed, dated and numbered 'No. 42 May 22, 1781. Villa Adriana afternoon light from the left hand Francis Towne'
pen and black ink and watercolour
8 x 6 in. (22.3 x 16.6 cm.)

Selwyn Image, by 1919.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 November 1953, part of lot 29 (185 gns to Agnew's).
with Agnew's, London, where purchased by Sir William Worsley, 1953 (190 gns), and thence by descent in the family.