In Hyde Park
In Hyde Park
Artist
Francis Towne
(British, 1739/1740-1816)
Date1797
DimensionsH: 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm); W: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
MediumGraphite, watercolor, pen and brown ink on two joined pieces of paper
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1954.39
Not on View
Whitley, W. T., Art in England 1800-1820, Cambridge, 1928, p. 93.
Bury, A., Francis Towne, Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, London, 1962, pp. 45, 48, 103, 118, 139, pl. XLII.
Hardie, M., Water-Colour Painting in Britain, London, 1966, I, pp. 124, 127.
Staley, A., "Review of M. Hardie, Water-Colour Painting in Great Britain", Art Bulletin, LV, 1973, p. 154.
Stephens, Richard, Francis Towne: Catalogue Raisonne, London, Paul Mellon Centre, 2016, catalogue no. FT592, repr. (col.), Link to resource
Exhibition HistoryLondon, No. 20 Lower Brook St., 1805, no. 17.London, Arts Council, British Water-Colours and Drawings from the Gilbert David Collection, 1949, p. 5, no. 10.
Detroit, Institute of Arts, Romantic Art in Britain, 1968, no. 54, repr.
Toledo Museum of Art, Earthly Beauty, May 29-Sept. 6, 2015.
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