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Snowden Hill
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Snowden Hill
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National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
William Woollett (1735-1785) after Wilson
Title
Snowden Hill
Date
Published by Boydell 17 July 1775
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
362 x 521 mm
Dimensions
14 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.
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Collection
National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
Accession Number
NMW A 11003
Wilson Online Reference
E30B
Description
Landscape with a view of a peaked mountain between two other mountains, across a lake, with a few boats on the water and two men fishing in the foreground. There is a woman standing beside them and gnarled trees to either side.
Landscape with a view of a peaked mountain between two other mountains, across a lake, with a few boats on the water and two men fishing in the foreground. There is a woman standing beside them and gnarled trees to either side.
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Provenance
Given by Major F. Treharne James, 1921
Given by Major F. Treharne James, 1921
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Verso inscriptions
[1] Upper right, ink in an old hand: Prints [2] Centre pencil in old hand inverted: Snowdon - North Wales by Wilson -
[1] Upper right, ink in an old hand: Prints
[2] Centre pencil in old hand inverted: Snowdon - North Wales by Wilson -
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Related Drawings
D367 <i>Study for Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle</i>, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
D367
Study for Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle
, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Related Prints
Versions
See 'Links' tab Other impressions are at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (4609322, PA01143 and another unnumbered); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA (2 unnumbered); Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (33.A.6.149)
See 'Links' tab
Other impressions are at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (4609322, PA01143 and another unnumbered); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA (2 unnumbered); Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (33.A.6.149)
Related Paintings
P152 <i>Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle</i>, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool P152A <i>Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle</i>, Nottingham Castle Art Gallery and Museum, Nottingham P152B <i>Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle</i>, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum, Ishikawa, Japan
P152
Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle
, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
P152A
Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle
, Nottingham Castle Art Gallery and Museum, Nottingham
P152B
Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle
, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum, Ishikawa, Japan
Related Works by Other Artists
J.M.W. Turner, <i>Buttermere Lake, with Part of Cromackwater, Cumberland, a Shower</i>, RA 1798, Tate, London (N00460)
J.M.W. Turner,
Buttermere Lake, with Part of Cromackwater, Cumberland, a Shower
, RA 1798, Tate, London (N00460)
Critical commentary
This print is one of the set, <i>Six Views in North and South Wales</i>, all after Wilson, published by John Boydell in 1775. By the early 19th century the print had become difficult to obtain, as witnessed in <i>Cambria Depicta</i> by Edward Pugh who died in 1813: 'The late Mr. Wilson, R.A. chose this scene for the subject of a picture, which by connoisseurs was esteemed one of the most excellent of his performances. The print [...] is, as I believe, now become scarce.'
This print is one of the set,
Six Views in North and South Wales
, all after Wilson, published by John Boydell in 1775. By the early 19th century the print had become difficult to obtain, as witnessed in
Cambria Depicta
by Edward Pugh who died in 1813: 'The late Mr. Wilson, R.A. chose this scene for the subject of a picture, which by connoisseurs was esteemed one of the most excellent of his performances. The print [...] is, as I believe, now become scarce.'
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
21.62
21.62
Bibliography
R. Gough, <i>Anecdotes of British Topography</i>, London 1768, p. 603; Edwards 1808, p. 88; E. Pugh, <i>Cambria Depicta: A Tour through North Wales</i>, 1816, p. 136; Fagan 1885, p. 39, cat. XCI, 2nd or 3rd State
R. Gough,
Anecdotes of British Topography
, London 1768, p. 603; Edwards 1808, p. 88; E. Pugh,
Cambria Depicta: A Tour through North Wales
, 1816, p. 136; Fagan 1885, p. 39, cat. XCI, 2nd or 3rd State
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
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Condition/Conservation
Trimmed to edge of image with no lettering. Inlaid on modern cream paper. Overall condition good but staining along upper and lower edges verso.
Trimmed to edge of image with no lettering. Inlaid on modern cream paper. Overall condition good but staining along upper and lower edges verso.
Illustrations of the Work
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Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Study for Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle
, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
Versions
William Woollett (1735-1785) after Wilson,
Snowden Hill and the adjacent Country in North Wales
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Woollett (1735-1785) after Wilson,
Snowden Hill and the adjacent Country in North Wales
, The British Museum
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle
, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle
, Nottingham Castle Art Gallery and Museum, Nottingham
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle
, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum, Ishikawa, Japan
Exhibitions
Biographies
William Woollett, 1735-1785
Major F. Treharne James, 1861-1942
Documents
Edward Edwards,
Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
Louis Fagan,
A Catalogue Raisonné of the engraved Works of William Woollett
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