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