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The Valley of the Mawddach, with Cader Idris beyond
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The Valley of the Mawddach, with Cader Idris beyond
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Manchester City Galleries
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
The Valley of the Mawddach, with Cader Idris beyond
Date
1770-75 (undated)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
91.7 x 106.7 cm
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36 1/8 x 42 in.
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Manchester City Galleries. To license image, click here.
Accession Number
1905.21
Wilson Online Reference
P179B
Description
A mountainous landscape in Wales viewed from a high vantage point, with an overall grey-green tone. In the left foreground is a dark slope with trees silhouetted against the sky and large boulders at its foot. Below this, a group of figures on horseback negotiate their way downhill towards trees lining the river Mawddach below, which meanders along the valley from the right bottom corner of the composition towards the centre. A slope scattered with trees rises gently up to the right on the far side of the river. From behind this slope, a more thickly wooded slope emerges to ascend up towards the left edge of the composition. On the horizon are the hazy peaks of Cader Idris and Mynydd Moel. The scene is lit by pale yellow sunshine coming from behind and to the left of these mountains.
A mountainous landscape in Wales viewed from a high vantage point, with an overall grey-green tone. In the left foreground is a dark slope with trees silhouetted against the sky and large boulders at its foot. Below this, a group of figures on horseback negotiate their way downhill towards trees lining the river Mawddach below, which meanders along the valley from the right bottom corner of the composition towards the centre. A slope scattered with trees rises gently up to the right on the far side of the river. From behind this slope, a more thickly wooded slope emerges to ascend up towards the left edge of the composition. On the horizon are the hazy peaks of Cader Idris and Mynydd Moel. The scene is lit by pale yellow sunshine coming from behind and to the left of these mountains.
Exhibited
[?] RA 1774 (316) - a version entitled <i>View of Caderidris Mountains in north Wales</i>; London 1925 (37 - <i>A Welsh Valley</i>); Manchester 1925 (52 - <i>A Welsh Valley</i>); Manchester, <i>British Art</i> 1934 (48); London 1934 (245 - <i>A Welsh Valley</i>); Hull 1936 (37 - <i>A Welsh Valley</i>); Paris 1938 (155, with incorrect dimensions); MOMA Machynlleth, <i>Romanticism in the Welsh Landscape</i>, 19 March - 18 June 2016 (unnumbered)
[?] RA 1774 (316) - a version entitled
View of Caderidris Mountains in north Wales
; London 1925 (37 -
A Welsh Valley
); Manchester 1925 (52 -
A Welsh Valley
); Manchester,
British Art
1934 (48); London 1934 (245 -
A Welsh Valley
); Hull 1936 (37 -
A Welsh Valley
); Paris 1938 (155, with incorrect dimensions); MOMA Machynlleth,
Romanticism in the Welsh Landscape
, 19 March - 18 June 2016 (unnumbered)
Provenance
Mrs Gibbons (according to Gillott sale catalogue); Joseph Gillott; Christie's 26 April 1872 (237 - <i>A View in Wales: approach to Snowdon, with horseman descending a hill</i>), bt Agnew; either bt in or bt back by Gillott; his sale, Christie's 20 April 1904 (46), bt Shepherd; bt 1905 by Manchester Art Gallery
Mrs Gibbons (according to Gillott sale catalogue); Joseph Gillott; Christie's 26 April 1872 (237 -
A View in Wales: approach to Snowdon, with horseman descending a hill
), bt Agnew; either bt in or bt back by Gillott; his sale, Christie's 20 April 1904 (46), bt Shepherd; bt 1905 by Manchester Art Gallery
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Bibliography
Commemorative Catalogue 1934 (116, pl. XL); Manchester City Art Gallery, <i>Concise Catalogue of British Paintings</i>, vol 1, 1976; P. Wakelin, <i>Romancing Wales: Romanticism in the Welsh Landscape since 1770</i>, 2016, pp. 10-11, repr.
Commemorative Catalogue 1934 (116, pl. XL); Manchester City Art Gallery,
Concise Catalogue of British Paintings
, vol 1, 1976; P. Wakelin,
Romancing Wales: Romanticism in the Welsh Landscape since 1770
, 2016, pp. 10-11, repr.
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Condition/Conservation
Dimensions framed: 122.5 x 137cm. Kate Lowry has noted: Rather ill-defined image made worse by the extensive dark blue grey retouches in upper sky and on central mountain. Figures on horseback also retouched. Light coloured smoke effect at centre right is effective. River in valley bottom lacks detail.
Dimensions framed: 122.5 x 137cm. Kate Lowry has noted: Rather ill-defined image made worse by the extensive dark blue grey retouches in upper sky and on central mountain. Figures on horseback also retouched. Light coloured smoke effect at centre right is effective. River in valley bottom lacks detail.
Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
05/08/2016
05/08/2016
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Versions
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
The Valley of the Mawddach, with Cader Idris beyond
, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Cader Idris, with the Mawddach River
, Cleveland Museum of Art
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
The Valley of the Mawddach, with Cader Idris
, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Exhibitions
London, National Gallery, Millbank (Tate Gallery), 26 June - 30 September 1925
Manchester City Art Gallery, 22 October - 5 December 1925
London, Royal Academy, 6 January - 17 March 1934
Paris, Palais du Louvre, 1938
Biographies
Joseph Gillott, 1799-1872
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