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    Dolbadarn Castle and Llyn Peris

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    Dolbadarn Castle and Llyn Peris
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Dolbadarn Castle and Llyn Peris
    Date
    c.1757-58 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, touched with white on blue paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 294 x 458 mm
    Imperial: 11 9/16 x 18 1/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.6
    Wilson Online Reference
    D343
    Description
    A river winds into the foreground and in the mid-distance, there is a ruined tower above the water, built on a projecting cliff. Buildings and trees can be seen to the right of it on an adjoining hill. Beyond is a mountain and in the foreground, trees to the left and right.
    Exhibited
    Nottingham Castle Museum, Art Festival Exhibition, May-July 1988, (no cat.); Llanberis 1990 (S1)
    Provenance
    Donated by John Deffett Francis, 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned, no inscription
    Subject
    Dolbadarn Castle was built by Llywelyn Fawr in the early 13th century. It was an important stronghold of the princes of Gwynedd and commanded the route from Caernarvon to the upper valley of the Conwy.
    Related Prints
    E78/2 Havell after Wilson, The Ruined Fortress, engraving for the Cabinet Gallery
    Related Paintings
    P120 Dolbadarn Castle and Llyn Peris, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and other versions
    P127The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
    Related Works by Other Artists
    [1] Gaspard Dughet, Ideal Landscape , c.1658-60, Glasgow Museums
    [2] Paul Sandby, Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle, watercolour, 1764, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
    [3] George Barret Sr, Llanberis Lake and Dolbadarn Castle in the Mountains of Wales, 1777, Nottingham Castle Art Gallery and Museum, Nottingham
    [4] J.M.W. Turner, Dolbadarn Castle, RA 1800, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Critical commentary
    Notwithstanding an old title On the Tiber the location is Dolbardarn Castle, with Snowdon beyond, as confirmed by a comparison with P120. This drawing may be a study connected with the engraving by F.J. Havell for 'The Cabinet Gallery' under the title of The Ruined Fortress. Binyon incorrectly stated that the scene was the same as that represented in the landscape by Nicolas Poussin in the Berlin Gallery, No.478a, said to be 'on the Tiber near Acqua Acetosa.'
    Bibliography
    Pennant 1784, p. 157; Binyon 2; WGC, p.176, pl. 37c
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/131
    Condition/Conservation
    Some rubbing, foxing and staining

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • Frederick James Havell after Wilson, The Ruined Fortress, The British Museum

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Dolbadarn Castle and Llyn Peris, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Ascribed to Wilson, Dolbadarn Castle, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Studio of Wilson, Dolbadarn Castle and Llanberis Lake, The Cooper Gallery, Barnsley, Yorkshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) and later intervention, Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle, North Wales, Private Collection, Nottinghamshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery

    Exhibitions

    • Llanberis, Museum of North Wales, 9 July - 1 September 1990

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Laurence Binyon, Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin working in Great Britain preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
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