Francis Towne (British, 1739-1816) Lake Maggiore with Sunlight Breaking Through Clouds, 1781 watercolor and pen and brown ink on paper laid to board, mounted by the artist signed F. Towne, dated, and inscribed (lower left) 8 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches. This lot is listed as catalogue number F313 in the online Francis Towne catalogue raisonne, as Lake Maggiore. Provenance: Arthur Champernowne, presumably bought from the artist By descent to Arthur Melville Champernowne, great-grandson of the above Sold: Sotheby's, London, May 20, 1936, Lot 1 Private Collection Sold: Sotheby's, London, June 9, 1938 Palser Gallery, acquired at the above sale Sold: Sotheby's, London, March 19, 1958, Lot 33 Sir William Worsley, Bt, acquired at the above sale Thence by descent Sold: Christie's, London, November 20, 1984, Lot 72 Colnaghi, London, acquired at the above sale Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1985 Exhibited: London, Gallery No. 20 Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Exhibition of Original Drawings, no. 120, 121, or 122, as Lake of Maggiore Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery, October 8 - November 23, 1958, no. 97 London, Colnaghi, English Watercolours & Drawings, May 8 - 24, 1985, no. 45 Literature: Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, London, 1962, p. 144 Sir William Worsley, Early English Water-Colours at Hovingham Hall, 1963, p. 15 Timothy Wilcox, Francis Towne, London, 1997, p. 91 Gerald Bauer, Le Siecle d'Or de L'Aquarelle Anglaise, Paris, 1998, p. 42 Property from a Private Collection, Taos, New Mexico