Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831, British
Title:
The Northern Boundary of St. Bride's Bay
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches (13 x 21.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, on mount, upper left: "L10"; lower left: "July 13th 1792"; lower center: "The Northern Boundary of St. Bride's Bay - with Ramsay Island and its adjacent rocks stretching out in the S. W. beyond the Maine. | In the foreground is Neugal Bridge over a brooke of the same name and which is the Boundary between the Welsh | districts, & those of the Descendents of the Flemish, in these parts ---"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.727
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
fence | path | landscape | vernacular architecture | bay (body of water) | cattle | men | bridge (built work) | sky | waves (natural events) | rocks (landforms) | clouds
Associated Places:
Saint Brides Bay | Pembrokeshire | Europe | Wales | Cymru | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8216