The Prow of a Sailing Boat ('Fred towing the Gundimore')
Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper, watercolour paint
Measurements
155 x 158 mm
Place of origin
Mudeford
Order this imageCollection
Mompesson House, Wiltshire
NT 724052
Summary
Watercolour on paper, The Prow of a Sailing Boat ('Fred towing the Gundimore') by Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939) of the prow of a sailing boat, with figure beyond silhouetted against the sea. An inscription in pencil below the watercolour reads 'Fred towing the Gundimore.'. Within a bound album (MHS/P/58) containing other watercolours by Barbara Townsend. The album page is numbered 15. The number 30 is annotated in pencil below bottom right-hand corner of the watercolour.
Marks and inscriptions
Fred towing the Gundimore.
Makers and roles
Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939), artist