Dinefwr Castle from South West
British (Welsh) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1710 - circa 1720
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1026 mm (Height); 1416 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Wales
Order this imageCollection
Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire
NT 869191
Summary
Oil paint on canvas, Dinefwr Castle from the southwest, Welsh School, c. 1710-20. Dinefwr Castle overlooks the Twyi valley from a mount dense with ancient woodland. Newton House, hidden from view, lies behind it, with an enclosed deer park extending to the west. The river marks the boundary of the estate, while an arched bridge leads up to Llandeilo at right. One of a set of four views (NT 869191-869194).
Provenance
According to Joseph Gulston at Newton House in around 1784, in the Closet of a Bed Chamber and thence by descent; acquired by the National Trust from Richard Charles Uryan Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor (1935 – 2008), with the aid of the NHMF in 1997.
Credit line
Newton House, Dinefwr, The Dynevor Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (Welsh) School, artist
References
Major Francis Jones, Portraits and Pictures in Old Carmarthenshire Houses - Joseph Gulston (1745 -1786), The Carmarthenshire Historian, (ed. E. Vernon Jones), vol.V, 1968, nos. 18-19 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. 80b