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    Pembroke Town and Castle

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    Pembroke Town and Castle
    Pembroke Town and Castle
    Pembroke Town and Castle
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    James Mason (1710-1783) after Wilson
    Title
    Pembroke Town and Castle
    Date
    Published 17 July 1775
    Medium
    Engraving on laid paper trimmed near platemark and mounted on tissue
    Dimensions
    Metric: 418 x 564 mm
    Imperial: 16 1/2 x 22 3/16 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 10998
    Wilson Online Reference
    E29D
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image:
    [1] Upper left: Richd. Wilson Pinxt
    [2] Upper right: Jas. Mason sculpt[
    [3] Left centre: PEMBROKE TOWN AND CASTLE, in South Wales.
    [4] Right centre: VILLE ET CHATEAU DE PEMBROKE, dans la Principauté de Galles
    [5] Lower centre: Published July 17th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Centre right at 90 degrees, old pencil: 173/12
    [2] Lower right edge, pencil: 86.98 [?]
    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 & 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.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    87.98
    Bibliography
    R. Gough, Anecdotes of British Topography, London 1768, p. 600
    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
    Trimmed near platemark and mounted in tissue strips. Repaired tear mid-right. Brown staining verso.

    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, 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, 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)
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