Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Francis Towne, 1740–1816, British
Title:
Ambleside
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and brown and gray ink over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches (23.5 x 15.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "No 2"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper center: "Morning light from the right hand"; in brown ink, upper left: "No 2"; in brown ink, upper center: "Ambleside August 7th 1786"; in brown ink, in docket on old mount, verso: "No 2 | Ambleside | drawn on the spot by | Francis Towne | August 7th 1786."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4147
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | trees | hills | village | people
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Francis Towne (Tate Britain, 1997-06-24 - 1997-09-14)

Francis Towne (Leeds Art Gallery, 1997-10-02 - 1998-01-04)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
Publications:
John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, pp. 261-262, no. 44, pl. 44, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 44, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Giles Waterfield, Mr. Mellon, RA : the magazine for the Friends of the Royal Academy, No. 96, Autumn 2007, p. 72, V 1905 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, British watercolors : drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art, , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 14, pl. 14, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA)

Timothy Wilcox, Francis Towne, Tate Publishing, London, 1997, p. 107, pp. 13-15, NJ18 T695 W55 1997 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5084