John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831, British, View from the Vidette Near Hakin on Signal Hill, Looking Beyond Nangle Point and Thorn Island, Pembrokeshire, 1764-1831
- Title:
- View from the Vidette Near Hakin on Signal Hill, Looking Beyond Nangle Point and Thorn Island, Pembrokeshire
- Date:
- 1764-1831
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 11 5/8 × 17 9/16 inches (29.5 × 44.6 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 6 5/8 × 9 15/16 inches (16.8 × 25.2 cm), Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 11/16 inches (16.2 × 24.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, on mount, lower center: "View from the Vidette near Hakin on Signal Hill, looking beyond Nangle Point and Thorn Island | to the Enterance of Milford Haven at St. Anns Head, on which its Lights appear & St. George's Channel in the far distance. | Pembrokeshire."; inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower left: "64/6/8/10"; inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower right: "Mellon 3062G"; inscribed in graphite, on mount, upper left: "76"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center: "64/6/8/10"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.1249
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | bay (body of water) | boats | cliffs | hills | landscape
- Associated Places:
- Cymru | Pembrokeshire | United Kingdom | Wales
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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