Washerwomen by the banks of the Dee, Llangollen
Washerwomen by the banks of the Dee, Llangollen
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Washerwomen by the banks of the Dee, LlangollenInscribed on part of old mount: From under the Bridge...... LlangollenPen and grey ink and watercolour over traces of pencil32.7 by 45.1 cm., 12 ¾ by 17 ¾ in.This originates from Ibbetson's 1792 summer tour of North Wales in the company of Robert Fulke Greville (1751-1824). He was in Llangollen in July and there are a number of recorded Llangollen views. Another version of this watercolour is in the National Library of Wales and an oil in Glasgow Museum. For more on his Welsh trip, see Mary Rotha Clay, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1948, p. 32-43.We are grateful to James Mitchell for his help in cataloguing this watercolour.){kind=link}
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817)
Washerwomen by the banks of the Dee, Llangollen
Inscribed on part of old mount: From under the Bridge...... Llangollen
Pen and grey ink and watercolour over traces of pencil
32.7 by 45.1 cm., 12 ¾ by 17 ¾ in.
This originates from Ibbetson's 1792 summer tour of North Wales in the company of Robert Fulke Greville (1751-1824). He was in Llangollen in July and there are a number of recorded Llangollen views. Another version of this watercolour is in the National Library of Wales and an oil in Glasgow Museum. For more on his Welsh trip, see Mary Rotha Clay, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1948, p. 32-43.
We are grateful to James Mitchell for his help in cataloguing this watercolour.