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Snowden Hill and the adjacent Country in North Wales
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Snowden Hill and the adjacent Country in North Wales
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Artist
William Woollett (1735-1785) after Wilson
Title
Snowden Hill and the adjacent Country in North Wales
Date
1775
Medium
Line engraving with etching
Dimensions
401 x 545 mm
Dimensions
15 3/4 x 21 7/16 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1868,0808.3139
Wilson Online Reference
E30
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
Charles J. Palmer (d. 1867); his print sale, Sotheby's London 18-24 May 1868 (616), purchased by the British Museum
Charles J. Palmer (d. 1867); his print sale, Sotheby's London 18-24 May 1868 (616), purchased by the British Museum
Signature/inscription
Inscribed in ink below the image with title. 'A View of Snowdon.' and 'R. Wilson Pinxt | Wm Woollett Sculpt'
Inscribed in ink below the image with title. 'A View of Snowdon.' and 'R. Wilson Pinxt | Wm Woollett Sculpt'
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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)
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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
[1] Thomas Sunderland <i>Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle</i> watercolour, National Museum Wales, NMW A 5767 [2] J.M.W. Turner, <i>Buttermere Lake, with Part of Cromackwater, Cumberland, a Shower</i>, RA 1798, Tate, London (N00460 )
[1] Thomas Sunderland
Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle
watercolour, National Museum Wales, NMW A 5767
[2] 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. The others are E22, E27, E28, E29 and E31. Solkin suggested that those from the series lacking Boydell's publication line may have been commissioned by Wilson before financial difficulties in the mid-1770s constrained him to sell the plates to Boydell.This is an unfinished state, before birds were added in the sky.
This print is one of the set,
Six Views in North and South Wales
, all after Wilson, published by John Boydell in 1775. The others are E22, E27, E28, E29 and E31. Solkin suggested that those from the series lacking Boydell's publication line may have been commissioned by Wilson before financial difficulties in the mid-1770s constrained him to sell the plates to Boydell.This is an unfinished state, before birds were added in the sky.
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Bibliography
R. Gough, <i>Anecdotes of British Topography</i>, London 1768, p. 603; Booth Notes Doc. 7; Edwards 1808, p. 88; E. Pugh, <i>Cambria Depicta</i>, 1816, p. 136; Fagan 1885, p. 39, cat. XCI, 1st State; Pugh 2013, p. 1, pl. 0.2
R. Gough,
Anecdotes of British Topography
, London 1768, p. 603; Booth Notes Doc. 7; Edwards 1808, p. 88; E. Pugh,
Cambria Depicta
, 1816, p. 136; Fagan 1885, p. 39, cat. XCI, 1st State; Pugh 2013, p. 1, pl. 0.2
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Location featured in work
More Information
An impression belonged to <span class="underline">William Lock of Norbury</span> and featured in his sale, Sotheby's London 3-7 May 1821 (619). Charles J. Palmer was a print collector, with what was reputed to be the finest collection of Woollett's work ever assembled. The British Museum bought 142 prints from his posthumous sale.
An impression belonged to
William Lock of Norbury
and featured in his sale, Sotheby's London 3-7 May 1821 (619). Charles J. Palmer was a print collector, with what was reputed to be the finest collection of Woollett's work ever assembled. The British Museum bought 142 prints from his posthumous sale.
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Illustrations of the Work
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04/07/2017
04/07/2017
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
, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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
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
John Barrell,
Edward Pugh of Ruthin 1763-1813: 'A Native Artist'
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 7: List of Prints after Wilson's Paintings
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