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View of Lake Como with Monte Leoni
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View of Lake Como with Monte Leoni

Francis Towne

August 27, 1781

Medium

Pen and brown ink and watercolor

Tags

LakesMountains

Dimensions

Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 1/4 in. (15.6 × 21 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2016

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Francis Towne

1739–1816 • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Comment on works: Landscapes; Watercolors

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