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Description: | RH inscr on plate b.c. "Chepstow Castle in Monmouthshire"; inscr on plate t. c. "I" CRE SANDBY, Paul; (English; 1725-1809) This is plate I out of XII of a complete early proof set prior to both Boydell and Sandby imprints, 1774-75. Sandby's "Twelve Views of South Wales" were the result of his 1771 tour of South Wales with Sir Joseph Banks and the Hon. Charles Greville, to whom he dedicated his set. Among the first aquatints published in England, the twelve views launched the popularity of Wales as a picturesque sketching location, coming into fashion with the beginning of the Romantic Movement. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CASTLE : LANDSCAPE : RUIN : WYE RIVER : PROOF : FORTIFICATION : WALES : PICTURESQUE : FIRST WELSH SET : BOAT : BRIDGE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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