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    Dolbadarn Castle

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    Dolbadarn Castle
    Dolbadarn Castle
    Dolbadarn Castle
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Ascribed to Wilson
    Title
    Dolbadarn Castle
    Medium
    Oil on paper laid onto oak panel
    Dimensions
    Metric: 42 x 47.2 cm
    Imperial: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 5203
    Wilson Online Reference
    P120B
    Description
    The view is in Caernarvonshire (Gwynedd), North Wales, looking south along Llyn Padarn [sic], towards the ancient British fortress of Dolbadarn Castle and Llyn Peris beyond. A figure in red is visible beneath the cliffs on the far shore.
    Provenance
    Bt from Shepherd, London 1911
    Related Drawings
    D343 Dolbadarn Castle and Llyn Peris, The British Museum
    Related Prints
    E78/2 Havell after Wilson, The Ruined Fortress, The British Museum
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Works by Other Artists
    [1] Gaspard Dughet, Ideal Landscape , c.1658-60, Glasgow Museums
    [2] Paul Sandby, Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle, watercolour, 1764, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
    [3] George Barret Sr, Llanberis Lake and Dolbadarn Castle in the Mountains of Wales, 1777, Nottingham Castle Art Gallery and Museum, Nottingham
    [4] J.M.W. Turner, Dolbadarn Castle, RA 1800, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Critical commentary
    Compositionally the present painting is most closely related to P120D.
    Bibliography
    Pennant 1784, vol. 2, p. 157; WGC, p. 177, pl. 37b version II, 4
    Condition/Conservation
    Kate Lowry has noted: Thick paper support, now discoloured brown, later stuck down onto oak panel. There is no ground, the colour of the paper forms the base colour in the dark areas. There is extensive underdrawing visible in infra red light. The style of the underdrawing suggests this is indeed a sketch by Wilson.
    Updated by Compiler
    2021-06-18 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Dolbadarn Castle and Llyn Peris, The British Museum

    Prints

    • Frederick James Havell after Wilson, The Ruined Fortress, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Studio of Wilson, Dolbadarn Castle and Llanberis Lake, The Cooper Gallery, Barnsley, Yorkshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)and later intervention, Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle, North Wales, Private Collection, Nottinghamshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Dolbadarn Castle and Llyn Peris, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Llyn Peris with Dolbadarn Castle , Private Collection, London

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
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