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Francis Towne

View of the Lake and the City of Como,

Description

Maker

  • Francis Towne

Title

View of the Lake and the City of Como

Medium

watercolor

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite on laid paper,
  • mounted on album sheet

Techniques

  • Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite on laid paper,
  • mounted on album sheet

Dimensions

36 x 53 cm (14 3/16 x 20 7/8 inches) (sheet)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated in ink, LC: F. Towne delt(t superscribed) 1787 (1781?)

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous Gift

Object Number

70.118.54

About

View of the Lake and the City of Como

Selection II

British Watercolors and Drawings from the Museum's Collection

Signed and dated in ink, LC: F. Towne delt(t superscribed) 1787 (1781?)

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selection II

British Watercolors and Drawings from the Museum's Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Selection II

April 13 - May 14, 1972

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is View of the Lake and the City of Como with the accession number of 70.118.54. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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