Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
Llwyngwynedd and Part of Llyn-y-ddina Between Capel Curig and Beddegelert, North Wales
Date:
1835 or 1836
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache, watercolor, graphite and black chalk on medium, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 18 1/8 inches (38.1 x 46 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1948
Gallery Label:
This landscape illustrates the dramatic and inhospitable nature of the elevated and isolated valley in the mountains surrounding Capel Curig, a village at the foot of Mount Snowdon. Palmer expresses the power of nature, evoking both fear and aesthetic pleasure by blending the rugged sky with the mountains. This watercolor was painted early in Palmer’s career, during one of his two sketching tours of Wales in the late 1830s that mark the beginning of his fascination with mountain landscapes. Gallery label for the Art in Focus: Wales(Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)