Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Moses Griffith, 1747–1819, British
Title:
Distant view of Llandrillo
Date:
1805
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite; verso: graphite traced over with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/8 x 16 5/8in. (27 x 42.2cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, traced over with pen and brown ink, lower center: "Distant View, of the Neighborhood, of Llandrillo, & the extensive Mountain of Berwin, Merionethshire I with the 2 Vales, Pennant & Edermion"; center left: "Edermion | Vale"; center right: "Llandrillo | Church Vale to Pennant | or Cwn."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5671
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | mountains | valleys
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
Publications:
Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 9, no. 69, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10531