Castell Dinas Bran, Wales

Castell Dinas Bran, Wales
Castell Dinas Bran, Wales
Castell Dinas Bran, Wales
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Castell Dinas Bran, Wales
Date
c.1770 (undated)
Medium
Graphite and black chalk with brown wash on medium, cream, moderately textured laid paper mounted on thick, cream, moderately textured laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 291 x 454 mm
Imperial: 11 7/16 x 17 7/8 in.
Accession Number
B1977.14.4362
Wilson Online Reference
D374
Provenance
Benjamin Booth; thence by descent to Mrs Richard Ford (1951)
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; inscribed verso
Verso inscriptions
[1] Graphite, centre: 'Paul Sandby mounted this drawing of Wils [...] for me December 1789 B.B.'
[2] Brown ink centre: 'Wilson'
[3] Brown ink, lower centre: 'Marianne Ford'
Related Drawings
D374A Dinas Bran and Llangollen, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Related Paintings
P165 Dinas Bran from Llangollen - I, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
P165A Dinas Bran from Llangollen - I (Lake Scene with Mountains), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
P165B Ascribed to Wilson, Castell Dinas Bran, Llangollen (Dinas Bran from Llangollen - I), Ferens Art Gallery: Hull Museums
P167 Wilson and later intervention, Dinas Bran Castle, near Llangollen - II, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
P167A Wilson and later intervention, Castell Dinas Bran from Llangollen, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Critical commentary
This is the latest in the small series of Britsh drawings by Wilson. Paul Sandby probably added the trees on the right as they are drawn on a separate sheet of paper. The drawing was used for P165 Dinas Bran from Llangollen - I, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 14186
Bibliography
Pennant 1784, vol. 1, pp. 297-98; Bury 1947, pl. 45; Ford 1951, pp. 38, 63, no. 77
Condition/Conservation
Dimensions in mount: 330 x 498 mm (13 x 19 5/8 in.)