Llangollen and the Dee Bridge
Pieter Tillemans (Antwerp 1684 – Suffolk 1734)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720 (signed)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1158 x 1935 x 55 mm
Place of origin
Wales
Order this imageCollection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171104
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Llangollen and the Dee Bridge by Pieter Tillemans (Antwerp 1684 – Suffolk 1734), signed 'P. Tillemans f'. A view of the town of Llangollen and its hill fort, Dinas Bran, which were part of the Lordship of Chirk, granted to Roger Mortimer in 1282. The River Dee at left, with Llangollen at centre, flanked by two conical hills.
Full description
Associated with Chirk Castle
Provenance
With some of the contents, in 1978, that were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales (In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust). On loan to the Trust by Captain David Myddelton. Purchased by the National Trust from Mr Guy Myddleton in 2023.
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
P. Tillemans f (signed)
Makers and roles
Pieter Tillemans (Antwerp 1684 – Suffolk 1734), artist