This lot is listed as catalogue number F313 in the online Francis Towne catalogue raisonné, as Lake Maggiore.

Provenance:
Arthur Champernowne, presumably bought from the artist
By descent to Arthur Melville Champernowne, great-grandson of the above
Sold: Sotheby’s, London, May 20, 1936, Lot 1
Private Collection
Sold: Sotheby’s, London, June 9, 1938
Palser Gallery, acquired at the above sale
Sold: Sotheby’s, London, March 19, 1958, Lot 33
Sir William Worsley, Bt, acquired at the above sale
Thence by descent
Sold: Christie’s, London, November 20, 1984, Lot 72 Colnaghi, London, acquired at the above sale
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1985

Exhibited:
London, Gallery No. 20 Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Exhibition of Original Drawings, no. 120, 121, or 122, as Lake of Maggiore
Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery, October 8 - November 23, 1958, no. 97
London, Colnaghi, English Watercolours & Drawings, May 8 - 24, 1985, no. 45

Literature:
Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, London, 1962, p. 144
Sir William Worsley, Early English Water-Colours at Hovingham Hall, 1963, p. 15
Timothy Wilcox, Francis Towne, London, 1997, p. 91
Gerald Bauer, Le Siecle d'Or de L'Aquarelle Anglaise, Paris, 1998, p. 42