The West Aspect of Furness Abbey, Cumberland

Thomas Hearne (1744 - 1817)

Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum

circa 1777

Hearne made his first visit to the Lake District in 1777, accompanying Joseph Farington and Sir George Beaumont. Furness Abbey was a place visited by Wordsworth as a schoolboy.

• Medium: watercolour over pencil & pen & ink
• Dimensions: 18.8 x 26.7cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2300 ( Total: £4,500)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: John Spink

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