A view of Snowdon from Capel Cerig, by Francis Towne

An image of Sketchbook. A view of Snowdon from Capel Cerig. Towne, Francis (British, 1739/40-1816). Description: 46 ff; ff.43, 44, 45 and 46 are blank on both recto and verso, and are not listed individually elsewhere. Graphite, pen, ink and watercolour on paper. Height, book size, 160 mm, width, book size, 236 mm; height, sheet size, 154 mm, width, sheet size, 228 mm, 1809.

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Sketchbook. A view of Snowdon from Capel Cerig. Towne, Francis (British, 1739/40-1816). Description: 46 ff; ff.43, 44, 45 and 46 are blank on both recto and verso, and are not listed individually elsewhere. Graphite, pen, ink and watercolour on paper. Height, book size, 160 mm, width, book size, 236 mm; height, sheet size, 154 mm, width, sheet size, 228 mm, 1809.

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Accession Number: 1090
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2015:08:04 11:40:40

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