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Description: | Francis Towne painted many of his most outstanding watercolours as a result of his visit to Wales in 1777. This view shows a waterfall on the River Lledr, close to Llewellyn Peak. The paper shows a fold line, which indicates that Towne probably carried folded sketching pages in a portfolio, rather than using a sketchbook. Outlines in fine pen with thin washes of transparent colour create a stylised design in Towne's characteristic manner. White paper has been left bare for the tumbling water of the fall. Francis Towne worked as a drawing master in Exeter, Devon. He later moved to London. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East art movement artists watercolours art | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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