Watercolor and black ink over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (29.8 x 37.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower right: "F. Towne. | delt. 1777. No. 6"; in brown ink, verso, upper center: "Distyll y Rhaiadr, | The stream divides the country's of Denbighshire, & Montgomery, & | the Lordship of Paris, & Chisk, the perpendicular height from which it falls is 240 feet. | Drawn 1777 by Francis Towne."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection