FRANCIS TOWNE (1740-1816) `NEAR 1 O'CLOCK ON THE ROAD OVER THE MOOR TO TAVISTOCK` Signed, inscribed

with title, numbered 2 and dated August 29th 1815 (all verso), watercolour with pen and ink 13.5 x 22.75cm. Provenance: The Misses Merivale; Mrs Loveband, a descendant of the artist (by whom acquired from Agnew's in 1937); H. C. Green; J. H. Elliott (1945); by descent to daughter of the above in 1978 Exhibited: London, Agnew's, 1939, no.108 Literature: A. P. Oppe, `Francis Towne, Landscape Painter`, Walpole Society, vol. VIII, 1919-1920, p.124, a note indicating that this drawing was once part of a sketchbook of 23 watercolours Good condition