A Fishing Boat Brought Ashore near Conway Castle
| A Fishing Boat Brought Ashore near Conway Castle | |
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| Artist | Philip James de Loutherbourg |
| Year | 1800 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 69.9 cm × 106.7 cm (27.5 in × 42.0 in) |
| Location | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
A Fishing Boat Brought Ashore near Conway Castle is an 1800 landscape painting by the French-born artist Philip James de Loutherbourg.[1][2] it is a romantic view of Conwy Castle in North Wales, where a fishing vessel is being hauled ashore by its crew during a storm. Up the estuary of the River Conwy, a cutter can be seen. The castle itself, built by Edward I during the Conquest of Wales, is shown on the hill as a romantic ruin. It has been suggested that the scene may depict smuggling taking place.[3] The work was likely displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1801 at Somerset House in London. Today the painting is in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich[4]
References
- ^ Preston p.100
- ^ Wright, Gordon & Smith p.535
- ^ https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-13970
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-fishing-boat-brought-ashore-near-conway-castle-175003
Bibliography
- Hermann, Luke. British Landscape Painting of the Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press, 1974.
- Preston, Lillian Elvira. Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg: Eighteenth Century Romantic Artist and Scene Designer. University of Florida, 1977.
- Wright, Christopher, Gordon, Catherine May & Smith, Mary Peskett. British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press, 2006.