The Life and Works of Charles Towne Charles Towne was a painter who lived from 1739 to 1816. His artistic legacy is preserved through several notable landscape works held in esteemed collections. His repertoire includes depictions of natural scenery, such as his 1780 work Hilly landscape, which is part of the Fitzwilliam Museum collection. The breadth of Towne's surviving catalog is represented in various institutions, including: Among his documented pieces is the 1816 work A View Across An Estuary, currently held by the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.