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Description: | RH inscr on plate b.c. "Manerbawr Castle from the Inward Court"; inscr on plate t. c. "IX" CRE SANDBY, Paul; (English; 1725-1809) This is plate IX out of XII of a complete early proofs 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: | LANDSCAPE : FIRST WELSH SET : PICTURESQUE : WALES : PROOF : MANORBIER CASTLE : RUIN : PULLEY SYSTEM : CART : HORSE : DOG : REPAIR : | 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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