A Summer's Evening, Penllergare

August 25, 1854

John Dillwyn Llewelyn

Associated Names
John Dillwyn Llewelyn

Artist, Welsh, 1810 - 1882

The image shows a river scene with trees lining the banks, a rowboat moored close to the right bank, and the water fading into mist in the distance. The horizon is high, and the color palette is sepia, creating a serene and timeless quality to the image.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 1988; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, below image center in black ink: A summer's evening, Penllergare.; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 881014; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 1633.2

Wikidata ID

Q64155925

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