Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire

1790

John Warwick Smith

1749-1831

Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

5 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches (13.7 x 21.9 cm)

English artists in Wales were enchanted by the ruins they found, many of them remnants of the conquest of Wales by Edward I in the thirteenth century. In this image of Criccieth Castle in North Wales, the grandeur of the ruins on the top of the cliff contrast with the quaint and quiet village. A ship sailing offshore may register a continued English presence in the landscape.

B1975.4.725

Inscribed in brown ink, on mount, lower left: "July 15th 1790"; lower center: "Ruins of Cricceith Castle_and Part of the Town | on the Bay on Cardigan__East View. | Carnarvonshire."; on verso in brown ink, upper left: "view taken Jully 15, 1790"

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1671068

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J. W. Smith, Ruins of Criccieth Castle John Warwick Smith, Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection