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Francis Towne (1739 or 1740 – 7 July 1816) was a British watercolour painter of landscapes that range from the English Lake District to Naples and Rome. After a long period of obscurity, his work has been increasingly recognised from the early 20th century onwards.
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Francis Towne The Source of the Arveyron
1781
Francis Towne Naples and Capri
1786
Francis Towne Waterfall near Ambleside
1786
Francis Towne A View at Ambleside
1786
Francis Towne Bisone
1781
Francis Towne Monte Cavo, I
1781
Francis Towne Rocks and Trees at Tivoli
1781
Francis Towne Near Florence
date not known
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The artist Francis Towne’s near abstract eighteenth-century watercolours of Swiss glaciers were to inspire Eric Ravilious more than a century ...
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