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Llanberis Lake, North Wales
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1728-1784
(artist)
1733-1807
(engraver)
1755-1834
(publisher)
1755-1834
T. Thornton (publisher)
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Width: 13.5 cm
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Inscription: Recto: centre below print, typed: G. BARRET I.
Inscription: Recto: centre & separate sheet, pasted below, printed: Llanberis Lake, North Wales / Is in Caernarvonshire, and remarkable for its romantic grandeur; its mountains / rising from the lake itself, and carrying their lofty tops to the clouds that generally / encircle them. The beautiful transparency of the water is greatly heightened by / the rugged shapes and the awful solemnity of the surrounding amphitheatre; upon the / opposite rock stand the ruins of Dolbadern Castle; the mountain on the left is called / Corna Quint, or the Horns of the Wind. The painter has represented the rising / sun expelling the fog; to which Mr Gilpin has well adapted the figures. The / picture is 5 feet 6 inches wide by 3 feet 8 high, and in the possession of Ambrose / Godfrey, Esq.
Stamp: Recto: bottom right, stamped: M .
Stamp: Recto: upper right corner, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY.
Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, typed: Delices de la Grande Bretagne 1791
Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, handwritten with a pen: Exh: Tate Gall., 1959, Romantic Movement, No. 12
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