Near Glaris Glarus, Switzerland, Francis Towne, September 2, 1781
Near Glaris Glarus, Switzerland, September 2, 1781, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on white laid paper, sheet: 18 3/8 x 11 3/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Francis Towne (British, Isleworth, Middlesex 1739–1816 Exeter), After a year in Italy, Towne returned to England through the Swiss Alps, sketching this steep tree-lined slope near Glarus, the capital of a mountainous eastern canton. The sheet was part of a large sketchbook, a format that allowed the artist to draw outdoors and move rapidly from pencil to brush to pen, capturing the essential qualities of the site
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