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Tullie House Museum : 2009.89.60
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Drawing, Fell Foot, Windermere, Seat of Townley Esq, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Lancashire, by William Havell, 1817.
Windermere lake in foreground with rowing boat and sailing boat. In the centre of the composition on the far distant shore stands a large residence surrounded by trees with hills behind. One of a set of eight 'Drawings for a Pocket Book' intended to be engraved executed on the spot by the artist. Eight drawings pasted to one piece of paper all executed in pencil, brown wash and white gouache.
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October 1817