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Wilson, Richard, 1713–1782 4
Unknown artist 2
Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753–1827 1
Brett, John, 1831–1902 1
Chambers, George, 1803–1840 1
Cort, Hendrik Frans de, 1742–1810 1
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 1
Creswick, Thomas, 1811–1869 1
Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821 1
Jones, Thomas, 1742–1803 1
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740–1812 1
Martin, John, 1789–1854 1
Pyne, James Baker, 1800–1870 1
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 1
Ward, James, 1769–1859 1

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available 18

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Paintings 18

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18th century 9
19th century 8
17th century 1

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painting (technique) 18
oil paint 15
canvas 10
board 2
panel (wood) 2
paper 1

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painting 18

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landscape 16
architectural subject 5
genre subject 1
historical subject 1
marine art 1

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landscape 15
castle 10
men 7
river 7
hills 6
architectural subject 5
bridge (built work) 5
costume 5
ruins 5
science 5
clouds 4
geology 4
hill 4
path 4
rocks (landforms) 4
village 4
woman 4
boats 3
fortress 3
horse (animal) 3
houses 3
mountains 3
people 3
smoke 3
Welsh 2
basket 2
bay (body of water) 2
boat 2
boulders 2
buildings 2

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Cymru 18

United Kingdom 18
Wales 18
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire 4
Aberconwy and Colwyn 3
Caernarfon Castle 3
Denbighshire 3
Europe 3
Powys 3
Caernarfon 2
Conwy 2
Dee 2
Gwynedd 2
Menai Strait 2
Seiont 2
Swansea 2
Anglesey 1
Black Mountains 1
Brecon Beacons 1
Brecon Beacons National Park 1
Breconshire 1
Caernarfon Bay 1
Caernarvon 1
Capel Curig 1
Castell Dinas Brân 1
Chepstow 1
Chepstow Castle 1
Chirk 1
Clwyd 1
Conway 1

Associated People

Neptune 1

Exhibition History

Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 6
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 6
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) 5
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 3
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1998-02-08 - 1998-04-26) 3
Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) 3
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (National Museum Wales, 1983-01-29 - 1983-03-20) 3
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Tate Britain, 1982-11-03 - 1983-01-02) 3
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-19) 3
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05) 3
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15) 3
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06) 3
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1999-10-22 - 2000-01-02) 2
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 2
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (National Museum Wales, 2014-07-05 - 2014-10-26) 2
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-03-06 - 2014-06-01) 2
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 2
' Art on the Line ' : the Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780-1836 (The Courtauld Gallery, 2001-10-17 - 2002-01-20) 1
2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 1
British Landscape Exhibition (Japan) (Daimaru Museum of Art, 1993-03-10 - 1993-03-29) 1
British Landscape Exhibition (Japan) (Hiroshima Museum of Art, 1993-01-23 - 1993-03-07) 1
British Landscape Exhibition (Japan) (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-09-17 - 1992-10-20) 1
British Landscape Exhibition (Japan) (Koriyama City Museum of Art, 1992-11-21 - 1993-01-17) 1
British Landscape Exhibition (Japan) (Mie Prefectural Art Museum, 1993-04-10 - 1993-05-09) 1
British Landscape Exhibition (Japan) (Ohita Prefectural Art Hall, 1992-10-24 - 1992-11-15) 1
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2001-02-25 - 2001-05-20) 1
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 1
Gentle, Rural and Sublime - English Landscape Paintings and Watercolors, 1750-1850 (Denver Art Museum, 1993-12-11 - 1994-02-06) 1
Horticulture (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1981-06-09 - 1981-08-23) 1
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 1

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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 17
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

1799
Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827

Conway Castle

1809
John Brett, 1831–1902

Pwll Cwn

1882
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

Dinas Bran from Llangollen

1770 to 1771
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

Caernarfon Castle

ca. 1745
Hendrik Frans de Cort, 1742–1810

Chepstow Castle

ca. 1795
Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869

Dolwyddelan

ca. 1838
Thomas Jones, 1742–1803

The Vale of Pencerrig

1776
John Martin, 1789–1854

The Bard

ca. 1817
George Chambers, 1803–1840

Port on a Stormy Day

1835
James Baker Pyne, 1800–1870

The Entrance to the Menai Straits

1847
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

View near Wynnstay, the Seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, fourth Bt

1770 to 1771
James Ward, 1769–1859

Landscape near Swansea, South Wales

ca. 1805
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812

Snowdon from Capel Curig

1787
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

A Summer Evening (Caernarfon Castle)

between 1764 and 1765
unknown artist

Llannerch, Denbighshire, Wales

ca. 1667
Joseph Farington, 1747–1821

Caernarvon Castle

ca. 1780
unknown artist

Crickhowell, Breconshire

ca. 1800

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