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Francis Towne.(Report from Europe)(Brief Article)
The landscape watercolorist Francis Towne (1739-1816) traveled widely and made a successful career of painting landscapes both in England and on the Continent. He had an important one-man exhibition in London in 1805, which the dealer John Spink is commemorating with an exhibition of Towne's works to be held at Colnaghi's London premises from November 10 ...
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