Caernarvon Castle (Night), 1776

Not on View

series Title

XII Views in North Wales: pl. 8

Medium

etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 23.9 x 31.6 cm (9 7/16 x 12 7/16 in.)

sheet: 29 x 37.2 cm (11 7/16 x 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Gunn 2015, no. 221

Accession Number

1994.60.58

Artists / Makers

Paul Sandby (artist) British, 1731 - 1809

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: P.Sandby Fecit.; lower left in plate: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by P.Sandby St. Georges Row Sepr.1st.1776.; lower center in plate: CAERNARVON CASTLE.; upper left in plate: No.8.; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: nm

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

Exhibition History

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 46.

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1985: Robertson, Bruce. The Art of Paul Sandby. New Haven, 1985: no. 93 (British Museum)

2015: Gunn, Ann V. The Prints of Paul Sandby (1731 - 1809). Turnhout, 2015: no. 222

2021: Hoisington, Rena.Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 102, fig. 7.