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    Kilgerran Castle

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    Kilgerran Castle
    Kilgerran Castle
    Kilgerran Castle
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    William Elliott (1727-1766) after Wilson
    Title
    Kilgerran Castle
    Date
    1765, republished 17 July 1775
    Medium
    Engraving on laid paper mounted on tissue top and bottom
    Dimensions
    Metric: 419 x 559 mm
    Imperial: 16 1/2 x 22 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 10997
    Wilson Online Reference
    E31C
    Description
    Landscape with a man fishing on a rock in the foreground in the middle of a broad river with trees and rocky hills on either side. There is a small ruin on the right bank and a ruined castle with round towers on the hill-top to the right.
    Provenance
    Unrecorded
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with the title in English and French and 'Richd, Wilson Pinxt |Willm, Elliott Sculpt | Published July 17th, 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London'
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Lower right, pencil: 10997
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Two other impressions are at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (PD07376 and 448829)
    Related Paintings
    P130 Cilgerran Castle (Kilgerran Castle), Magdalen College, Oxford
    Related Works by Other Artists
    [1] John 'Warwick' Smith (1749-1831) Cilgerran Castle on the River Teifi, Pembrokeshire watercolour, with Lowell Libson 2014
    [2] J.M.W. Turner Kilgaran Castle on the Twyvey, Hazy Sunrise, previous to a Sultry Day (RA 1799), Wordsworth House, The National Trust
    Critical commentary
    Originally published by Wilson, 1765 then one of the set, Six Views in North and South Wales, all after Wilson, published by John Boydell in 1775.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    87.97
    Bibliography
    R. Gough, Anecdotes of British Topography, London 1768, p. 593; 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
    Mounted on tissue top and bottom. Good overall condition.

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • William Elliott (1727-1766)after Wilson, Kilgarren Castle in South Wales, The British Museum
    • William Elliott (1727-1766)after Wilson, Kilgarren Castle in South Wales, The British Museum
    • William Elliott (1727-1766)after Wilson, Kilgarren Castle, South Wales, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Cilgerran Castle (Kilgerran Castle), Magdalen College, Oxford

    Biographies

    • William Elliott (1727-1766)

    Documents

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