Caernarvon Castle at Sunset
James Francis Danby (Bristol 1816 - London 1875)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1855 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 1200 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230414
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Caernarvon Castle at Sunset, by James Francis Danby (Bristol 1816 – London 1875), signed and dated, bottom right: JAS...DANBY 1855. A landscape with the sun setting behind a castle. In the middle ground are a sailing boat, a rowing boat, and cattle watering. More boats are visible in the background, and in front of the castle.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Credit line
Cragside, The Armstrong Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1977)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right: Jas DANBY / 1855
Makers and roles
James Francis Danby (Bristol 1816 - London 1875), artist