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    The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain

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    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: 404 x 543 mm
    Imperial: 15 7/8 x 21 3/8 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1917,1208.2398
    Wilson Online Reference
    E22
    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.
    Provenance
    1917 donated by Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall (1880-1958) of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire among 4651 prints and drawings given to the British Museum in memory of her brother, Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas (1876-1916).
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with the title in English and French, continuing 'in North Wales' and 'Richd, Wilson Pinxt, | E. & M. Rooker Sculpser[un]t'
    Collectors' marks
    [1] British Museum, Lady Lucas Gift (Lugt 1696)
    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. The others are E27, E28, E29, E30 and E31. Solkin suggested that the present example and others 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. 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; Booth Notes Doc. 7; 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

    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, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
    • 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

    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
    • 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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