Francis Towne, 1740–1816, British, Vauxhall Stairs, from Millbank, July 5, 1797, 1797
- Title:
- Vauxhall Stairs, from Millbank, July 5, 1797
- Date:
- 1797
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 9 9/16 × 11 inches (24.3 × 27.9 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 8 3/8 × 9 13/16 inches (21.3 × 24.9 cm), Sheet: 7 5/16 × 8 3/4 inches (18.6 × 22.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, lower right: "F. Towne. | delt. 1797 No 7"; inscribed in pen with black ink, verso, upper left: "Vauxhall Stairs taken from Millbank | by | Francis Towne July 5th 1797 | No 114 | New Bond Street"; inscribed in pen with brown ink, verso, left center: "15755"; inscribed in graphite, right center: "Shew full 1/8 outside | line & culop[?] my in | back to shew my [title.?]"
Signed and dated in pen with brown ink, lower right: "F. Towne. | delt. 1797 No 7"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.1286
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boats | fishing | landscape | men | river | shore (landform) | town | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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