The Cave at Freshwater, Isle of Wight

The Cave at Freshwater, Isle of Wight

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Francois Louis Francia (1772-1839)
The Cave at Freshwater, Isle of Wight

Signed lower centre: L FRANCIA
Watercolour over pencil
8 by 16.3 cm., 3 by 6 ½ in.

Provenance:
R.N. Ponsonby, 1963
With Spink & Son, London, where bought by Dewhurst, 16
th September 1964;
With Abbott and Holder, circa 1980;
Private Collection, UK

Anthony Reed has dated this drawing to 1806-7 when Francia visited the Isle of Wight.