Watercolour
Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, watercolour paint
Measurements
63 x 176 mm
Place of origin
Plymouth
Order this imageCollection
Mompesson House, Wiltshire
NT 724095
Summary
Watercolour painting by Barbara Townsend of a sailing ship enveloped in smoke (?) and other vessels at sea. Below the watercolour is an inscription in pencil reads 'Plymouth'. Within a bound album (MHS/P/58) containing other watercolours by Barbara Townsend. The album page is numbered 38. The number 72 is annotated in pencil below the bottom right-hand corner of the watercolour.
Marks and inscriptions
Plymouth
Makers and roles
Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939), artist