Pembroke Town and Castle

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Pembroke Town and Castle
Pembroke Town and Castle
Pembroke Town and Castle
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
James Mason (1710-1783) after Wilson
Title
Pembroke Town and Castle
Date
1775 (undated)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: 374 x 534 mm (sheet trimmed)
Imperial: 14 3/4 x 21 in. (sheet trimmed)
Accession Number
1870,0514.1702
Wilson Online Reference
E29C
Description
Landscape with a view of a river, a man standing in a boat in the foreground shaking his fist at a boy climbing a tree on the rocks at left. There are two concerned women beside him, bathers on the rocks further around the bank at the left, with a castle across the water at the right and a town beyond.
Provenance
Edward Daniell, 53 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, London, from whom purchased 1870
Signature/inscription
Scratched below the image:
[1] Lower left: 'R. Wilson pinxt.'
[2] Lower right: 'Jas. Mason fecit'
Inscribed lower centre: Pembroke Castle.
Related Drawings
D368 Pembroke Town and Castle, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth (P06223)
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Other impressions are at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (4609286, PB3781 and PD04427)
Related Paintings
P154 Pembroke Town and Castle, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Critical commentary
This print is one of the set, Six Views in North and South Wales, all after Wilson, published by John Boydell in 1775.
Bibliography
R. Gough, Anecdotes of British Topography, London 1768, p. 600; Edwards 1808, p. 88
More Information
An impression belonged to William Lock of Norbury and featured in his sale, Sotheby's London 3-7 May 1821 (619).
Condition/Conservation
Etched state before engraving and lettering added