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The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
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The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
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Artist
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson
Title
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
Date
Published 1775
Medium
Line engraving and etching
Dimensions
Metric: 395 x 527 mm
Imperial: 15 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1863,0725.633
Wilson Online Reference
E22B
Description
A mountain top with a pool surrounded by a natural semi-circle of rock which peaks in the centre A second slope rises on the right and there is a view across a mountain range to the left, beyond a broad chasm. A man is shown looking through a telescope, another man is sitting on the right with an open paper and a third man holds his horse.
Exhibited
London, Victoria & Albert Museum,
The Genius of Wedgwood
, June-September 1996
Signature/inscription
Lettered below image with title in English and French, and production detail: 'Richd. Wilson pinxt', 'E. & M. Rooker Sculpser[un]t'
Related Prints
E90 George Cooke after Wilson
Cader Idris
, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Related Paintings
P153
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Tate, London
P153A
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Private Collection, Wales
P153B
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Private Collection, England
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. As Edward Rooker died in November 1774 the plate was presumably completed by his son.
Bibliography
R. Gough,
Anecdotes of British Topography
, London 1768, p. 603; 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
Prints
George Cooke after Wilson,
Cader Idris
, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Versions
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)after Wilson,
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)after Wilson,
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
, The British Museum
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)after Wilson,
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)after Wilson,
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Tate, London
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Private Collection, Wales
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Llyn Cau, Cader Idris
, Private Collection, England
Biographies
Edward Rooker (1724-1774)
Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)
Documents
Edward Edwards,
Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions