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    Kilgarren Castle, South Wales

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    Kilgarren Castle, South Wales
    Kilgarren Castle, South Wales
    Kilgarren Castle, South Wales
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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    Artist
    William Elliott (1727-1766) after Wilson
    Title
    Kilgarren Castle, South Wales
    Date
    1765, republished 17 July 1775
    Medium
    Line engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: Sheet: 457 x 629 mm. Plate: 406 x 543 mm
    Imperial: Sheet: 18 x 24 3/4 in. Plate: 16 x 21 3/8 in.
    Collection
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
    Accession Number
    B1977.14.14575
    Wilson Online Reference
    E31
    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
    Acquired 1977
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image:
    [1] Lower left: Richd. Wilson Pinxt.
    [2] Lower left: KILGARREN CASTLE, | in South Wales.
    [3] Lower riight: LE CHATEAU DE KILGARREN, | dans la Principauté de Galles.
    [4] Lower right: Willm. Elliott Sculpt.
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Paul Mellon
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Lower left, graphite: '16404 / 9 4/20'
    [2] Lower right, graphite: '(IR74/656)'
    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
    Object ID: 40404
    Bibliography
    R. Gough, Anecdotes of British Topography, London 1768, p. 593; Booth Notes Doc. 7; Edwards 1808, p. 88; Pugh 2013, p. 1
    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
    Unmounted. Good condition. A small stain appears between the areas of lettering.

    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, Kilgerran Castle, National Museum Wales, Cardiff

    Paintings

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

    Biographies

    • William Elliott (1727-1766)
    • Paul Mellon (1907-1999)

    Documents

    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
    • John Barrell, Edward Pugh of Ruthin 1763-1813: 'A Native Artist'
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 6: List of Engravers after Wilson and Biographical Notes
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 7: List of Prints after Wilson's Paintings
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