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Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Title:
Conway Castle
Date:
1836
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, watercolor, gouache and pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, brown wove paper on heavy card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4 x 17 7/8 inches (32.4 x 45.4 cm), Frame: 23 1/4 x 30 x 1in. (59.1 x 76.2 x 2.5cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, center left: "Ivy no line to repeat [...] | thick wall"; lower left: "NB. Central mass width of same grad_ [...] a little dark"; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Conway Castle from near the Old Llanrwst Road-North Wales."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5969
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | architecture | castle | castle | landscape | Medieval
Associated Places:
Aberconwy and Colwyn | Conway | Conwy | Conwy Castle | Cymru | Europe | United Kingdom | Wales
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15096
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