Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches (14 x 23.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, on mount, lower left: "August 14th 1797"; lower center: "Craig y Ladron _The Theives Precipice - within Bwlch Cock - on the Road from Dolgelly by | Llyn tal y Llyn, to Machynueth__Llyn y tre graianen immediately beneath the Precepice of Craig y Ladron. | Merionethshire."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
Publications:
Yale Center for British Art, Wales, New Haven, 2014, pp. 6-7, 20, V2519 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
The Thieves Precipice depicts a landscape on the edge of Snowdonia and demonstrates the conventions of picturesque style. The sheer precipice guides the eye from the foreground to a clearly defined middle ground and background, which is further enhanced by the use of atmospheric perspective. The figures in the foreground are dwarfed by the surrounding landscape. A drama is playing out in the foreground: the gentleman dressed in red fails to restrain his dog from running after a cluster of sheep. Gallery label for the Art in Focus: Wales(Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)