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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: 413 x 550 mm
Imperial: 16 1/4 x 21 5/8 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1871,0812.2840
Wilson Online Reference
E29
Description
Landscape with a view of a river, castle and town. A man standing in a boat in the foreground shakes his fist at two boys climbing the rocks and trees at the left. Two concerned women sit beside him and bathers can be seen further along the bank.
Provenance
Joseph Lilly; Edward Daniell, 53 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, London, from whom purchased 1871
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the 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
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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. The others are E22, E27, E28, E30 and E31. Solkin suggested that those from the series lacking Boydell's publication line may have been commissioned by Wilson before financial difficulties in the mid-1770s constrained him to sell the plates to Boydell.
Bibliography
R. Gough,
Anecdotes of British Topography
, London 1768, p. 600; 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).
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
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
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
, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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
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