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    Pembroke Town and Castle

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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.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    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
    See 'Links' tab
    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
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