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Description: | Moonlit view of Carnarvon Castle seen across a stretch of water from the near shore. In the left foreground, growing on the banks of the shore, are trees silhouetted against the light cast by the moon; walking close to the water's edge is a single figure resting his hand on the hindquarters of a pack pony; branches and the trunks of trees have been washed up along the waterline. The stretch of water is calm, with light caught on the surface of the ripples highlighted. On the far shore, close to the water's edge, is the dark, looming form of the castle; its exterior walls constructed as a series of hexagonal towers linked by high, crenellated walls. Fires burn in the buildings surrounding the castle causing the sky on the right of the composition to fill with dark smoke.
The land in the foreground is referred to locally as 'Coed Helen' (Helen's Wood); the stretch of water is the estuary of the Seiont River where it meets the Menai Straits; the estuary quay is now known as 'Slate Quay'.
Technique: oil on canvas
medium: oil paint
Caernarvon Castle by Moonlight by Joseph Wright of Derby A.R.A., Paul Formerly attributed to Sandby, 1780-85 (circa), (1905.7). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.306 | Go to resource |
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