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Francis Towne — MetaHistoryBook
Francis Towne
British artist (1739-1816)
Wikipedia ↗
Images on Commons ↗
Wikidata (Q5482614) ↗
Details
Instance of
human
Born
1739
Died
7 July 1816
, 1816
Place of birth
Exeter
Place of death
London
Sex or gender
male
Given name
Francis
Family name
Towne
Genre
landscape painting
Field of work
painting
Occupation
painter
,
watercolorist
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
artist files at
Frick Art Research Library
date of baptism
19 August 1739
described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
has works in the collection
National Gallery of Victoria
,
Tate
,
National Gallery of Art
,
National Gallery of Canada
,
Yale Center for British Art
,
Metropolitan Museum of Art
,
Tate Britain
,
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
,
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
languages spoken, written or signed
English
name in native language
Francis Towne
significant event
Grand Tour
student
John White Abbott
work location
Lake Como
Connected on Wikidata
Creator of
Old Walton Bridge
Haldon Hall, near Exeter
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet of Columbjohn (1752-1794) with Staghounds on the Holnicote Estate from the South West
A View of Vevey with La Tour de Peilz in the Distance
A Rocky Shore at Coombmartin, Devon (Combe Martin Bay)
View At The Head Of The Lake Of Windermere
View of Mountains near Aberddwla, Wales
View Of Ludlow Castle
Ambleside (or Lake Windemere from Ambleside)
Chepstow Castle
Cascades At Tivoli
Ivy Bridge, Devon
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Authority files
VIAF ↗
Library of Congress ↗
GND ↗
BnF ↗
Subject of
Towne, Francis (DNB00)
Towne, Francis