A View of Castle Ward from the Doric Temple
William Ashford (Birmingham 1746 - Dublin 1824)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1785 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1143 x 1422 mm (45 x 56 in)
Place of origin
Ireland
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836138
Caption
This fine view of the grounds of Castle Ward was painted approximately ten years after the build of the house was completed. The striking temple shown in the foreground actually belongs to an earlier layout of approximately 1755.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A View of Castle Ward from the Doric Temple, William Ashford (Birmingham 1746 - Dublin 1824), signed and dated, bottom right: W. Ashford, 1785. The temple is at the right, the house is seen on the high ground above Strangford Lough. View across front of the Temple towards Castle Ward with Strangford Lough on left. A lady in red seated in foreground, two ladies with dogs to left, two men under portico.
Provenance
Purchased from Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (1903 – 1993), in 1967, with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund
Makers and roles
William Ashford (Birmingham 1746 - Dublin 1824), artist
References
Harris 1979 John Harris, The Artist and the Country House. A History of Country House and Garden View Painting in Britain 1540-1870, London 1979, no. 340