Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Francis Towne 1739–1816
- Medium
- Ink and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 380 × 265 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
- Reference
- T08262
Display caption
In 1786 Towne joined two Exeter friends, James White and John Merivale, on a tour of the Lake District. Ambleside served as a base for the party during most of their tour, and Towne therefore explored the area in some depth. He made various panormaic views of the vicinity but especially a number of versions of the secluded waterfalls of Stock Gill. In this example, his elevated and close viewpoint makes the subject both more intense and more dramatic. Two barely discernible figures on the far left-hand rock provide a sense of scale.
Gallery label, September 1997
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