Paul Sandby
Chirk Castle &c. from Wynnstay Park
1775
Physical Qualities
Etching, softground and liftground etching with aquatint and burnishing, printed in brown, Sheet: 309 x 465 mm. (12 3/16 x 18 5/16 in.)
Plate: 236 x 312 mm. (9 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 3 from the series "XII Views in North Wales, Being Part of a Tour through that Fertile and Romantick Country"
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Rhoda Oakley, Baltimore
Object Number
2008.66
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2008; Susan Schulman
Ann Shafer, BMA, "Taking in the View: English Watercolors and Prints," 27 August - 7 December 2008.
Inscribed: In plate, at upper left: "No. 3"; in plate, at lower center: "Chirk Castle &c. from Wynnstay Park."; in plate, at lower right: "P. Sandby Fect."; in plate, at bottom left: "Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by P. Sandby St. Georges Row, Sept. 1st. 1776."
Markings: None
