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. (46.6 x 28.4 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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Glaris, Glarus, Switzerland, September 2, 1781, Pen, black ink, brush, gray wash, traces, graphite, white laid paper, sheet, 18 3/8 x 11 3/16, 46.6 28.4 cm, Drawings, Francis Towne, British, Isleworth, Middlesex, 1739–1816, Exeter, year, Italy, Towne returned, England, Swiss Alps, sketching, steep tree-lined slope, capital, mountainous eastern, canton, part, large sketchbook, format, allowed, artist, draw outdoors, move rapidly, pencil, pen, capturing, essential qualities, site
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