View of Lausanne: 1483

Current Location: In storage

Titles

View of Lausanne

Maker(s)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Bt. together with a watercolour by Turner, for £235 from the Cotswolds Gallery, 59 Frith Street, Soho Square, London, 1st July 1928 (no. 13 in their Exhibition)

Measurements and weight

Height: 242 mm
Width: 905 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1928) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

Production date: AD 1781-09-10

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( 3 sheets joined together)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Graphite, pen, ink and watercolour on paper
Pen and ink

Inscription or legends present

Text: F. Towne / delt. No. 11
Location: Lower left
Type: Signature

Text: No. 11 A View taken above the Town of Lausanne / looking over the Lakes of Geneva, towards / Mount Jura with the Town of Morges & / St Prex, by Francis Towne / Septr 10th 1781 / Evening sun coming over mount Jura (in the artist's hand)
Location: Old mount, verso, part of which is pasted onto the new mount
Method of creation: Ink

Related exhibitions

L'Age d'or de L'Aquarelle Anglaise

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1483
Primary reference Number: 13877
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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