Cader Idris, North Wales
Cader Idris, North Wales
Francis Danby, A.R.A. (1793-1861)
Cader Idris, North Wales
Watercolour over pencil
18.6 by 29.7 cm., 7 ¼ by 11 ½ in.
Provenance:
With Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd (no.47584), 1986;
Private Collection
Literature:
Francis Greenacre, Francis Danby 1793-1861, exhibition catalogue, 1988, p.168
Francis Greenacre (op. cit.) dates this watercolour to circa 1820. An earlier view of Cader Idris by Danby is in the Courtauld Institute (D.1952.RW.4553). Danby is recorded as visiting Wales in 1813 but there is little firm evidence to support it.