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The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
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The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
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Artist
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson
Title
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
Date
Published 1775
Medium
Line engraving and etching
Dimensions
404 x 543 mm
Dimensions
15 7/8 x 21 3/8 in.
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The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1917,1208.2398
Wilson Online Reference
E22
Description
A mountain top with a pool surrounded by a natural semi-circle of rock which peaks in the centre A second slope rises on the right and there is a view across a mountain range to the left, beyond a broad chasm. A man is shown looking through a telescope, another man is sitting on the right with an open paper and a third man holds his horse.
A mountain top with a pool surrounded by a natural semi-circle of rock which peaks in the centre A second slope rises on the right and there is a view across a mountain range to the left, beyond a broad chasm. A man is shown looking through a telescope, another man is sitting on the right with an open paper and a third man holds his horse.
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Provenance
1917 donated by Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall (1880-1958) of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire among 4651 prints and drawings given to the British Museum in memory of her brother, Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas (1876-1916).
1917 donated by Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall (1880-1958) of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire among 4651 prints and drawings given to the British Museum in memory of her brother, Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas (1876-1916).
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title in English and French, continuing 'in North Wales' and 'Richd, Wilson Pinxt, | E. & M. Rooker Sculpser[un]t'
Lettered below the image with the title in English and French, continuing 'in North Wales' and 'Richd, Wilson Pinxt, | E. & M. Rooker Sculpser[un]t'
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[1] British Museum, Lady Lucas Gift (Lugt 1696)
[1] British Museum, Lady Lucas Gift (Lugt 1696)
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E90 George Cooke after Wilson <i>Cader Idris</i>, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
E90 George Cooke after Wilson
Cader Idris
, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Versions
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Related Paintings
P153 <i>Llyn Cau, Cader Idris</i>, Tate, London P153A <i>Llyn Cau, Cader Idris</i>, Private Collection, Wales P153B <i>Llyn Cau, Cader Idris</i>, Private Collection, England
P153
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Tate, London
P153A
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Private Collection, Wales
P153B
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Private Collection, England
Related Works by Other Artists
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 E27, E28, E29, E30 and E31. Solkin suggested that the present example and others 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. As Edward Rooker died in November 1774 the plate was presumably completed by his son.
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 E27, E28, E29, E30 and E31. Solkin suggested that the present example and others 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. As Edward Rooker died in November 1774 the plate was presumably completed by his son.
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Bibliography
R. Gough, <i>Anecdotes of British Topography</i>, London 1768, p. 603; Booth Notes Doc. 7; Pugh 2013, p. 1
R. Gough,
Anecdotes of British Topography
, London 1768, p. 603; Booth Notes Doc. 7; Pugh 2013, p. 1
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Work of Art
Prints
George Cooke after Wilson,
Cader Idris
, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Versions
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson,
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson,
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
, The British Museum
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson,
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson,
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Tate, London
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Private Collection, Wales
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Private Collection, England
Exhibitions
Biographies
Edward Rooker, 1724-1774
Michael 'Angelo' Rooker, 1746-1801
Documents
Edward Edwards,
Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
John Barrell,
Edward Pugh of Ruthin 1763-1813: 'A Native Artist'
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 6: List of Engravers after Wilson and Biographical Notes
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 7: List of Prints after Wilson's Paintings
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