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Rydal Water

Watercolour
1789 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Towne, Francis (artist)
Place of origin
Cumbria (painted)
Lake District (made)

Watercolour painting of the valley of Rydal Water in the Lake District. Signed and dated by the artist and inscribed with title and note.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Landscapes
Topographical Watercolours
Object type
Watercolour
TitleRydal Water (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour depicting Rydal Water in the Lake District by Francis Towne (1740-1816). Great Britain, 1789.
Physical description
Watercolour painting of the valley of Rydal Water in the Lake District. Signed and dated by the artist and inscribed with title and note.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.7cm
  • Width: 23.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • F Towne / delt 1789 / No. 8 (Signed and dated in ink)
  • Taken at the going off of / a storm / No. 8 / Rydal Water / with Mr Jones and Sir Michael Fleming / Drawn by Francis Towne / 1789 (obliterated)/ London / Leicester Square (obliterated)/ 1790 (?) (obliterated) (Inscribed in ink on the back of the mount)
Gallery label
Francis Towne 1740?-1816
Rydal Water
Signed and dated 1786



Towne's watercolours have a strong, distinctive outline and pristine colours. This is apparently a leaf from a sketchbook that he used during a tour of the Lake District. Its picturesque landscape was very popular with painters at this period.


Watercolour on paper

Given by the Misses Buckingham
Museum no. P.19-1921
Credit line
Given by the Misses Buckingham
Subjects depicted
Valleys
Rural Scenes
Landscapes
National Parks
Places depicted
Cumbria
Lake District
Rydal Water
Bibliographic reference
Coombs, Katherine British watercolours : 1750-1950 . London: V&A Publications, 2012 p.43, pl.32
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.19-1921

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1042337/rydal-water-watercolour-towne-francis/
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