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    Pembroke Town and Castle

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    Pembroke Town and Castle
    Pembroke Town and Castle
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    Artist
    James Mason (1710-1783) after Wilson
    Title
    Pembroke Town and Castle
    Date
    Published 17 July 1775
    Medium
    Etching and engraving
    Dimensions
    Metric: 407 x 546 mm (platemark)
    Imperial: 16 x 21 1/2 in. (platemark)
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1917,1208.2375
    Wilson Online Reference
    E29B
    Description
    Landscape with a view of a river and a man standing a boat in the foreground shaking his fist at a boy climbing a tree on the rocks at the left. There are two concerned women beside him and, bathers on the rocks further around the bank at the left. There is a castle across the water on the right and a town beyond.
    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).
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below image with title in English and French, production detail: 'Richd. Wilson pinxt', 'Jas. Mason Sculpt' and publication line: 'Published July 17th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London'
    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).

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Pembroke Town and Castle, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

    Versions

    • James Mason (1710-1783)after Wilson, Pembroke Town and Castle, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • James Mason (1710-1783)after Wilson, Pembroke Town and Castle, The British Museum
    • James Mason (1710-1783)after Wilson, Pembroke Town and Castle, The British Museum
    • James Mason (1710-1783)after Wilson, Pembroke Town and Castle, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Pembroke Town and Castle, National Museum Wales, Cardiff

    Biographies

    • James Mason (1710-1783)
    • John Boydell (1720-1804)

    Documents

    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
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