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Francis Towne (?August 1739 – July 7, 1816) was an English water-colour painter. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... // About the number 1739 1739 is the smallest integer that can be written as sum of three perfect cubes, in two ways. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1816 (MDCCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
He was born in Isleworth, Middlesex, the son of a corn chandler. Apprenticed to a coach painter in London, he won a design prize from the Society of Arts, and studied for a while at St Martin’s Lane Academy. In 1763 he was employed by a coach painter called Thomas Watson, and went to Exeter on business. He had already begun painting in oils and also taught drawing, and now he began to accept commissions from wealthy families in Devon. After a tour of north Wales in 1777, undertaken with his friend, the lawyer John White, he began to specialize in water-colours. In 1780 he travelled to Rome and from there to Naples. On his return to Devon, he was asked by Sir Thomas and Lady Acland of Killerton to paint some views in Devon and North Wales, and in 1786 he went on a painting tour of the Lake District. In the latter part of his career, he was based in London. , Isleworth (IPA: ) is a suburb located in the London Borough of Hounslow alongside the River Thames in West London. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in the southwest of England, also known as the West Country. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ... The panorama across Eskdale from Ill Crag. ...
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