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Caernarvon Castle by Moonlight

Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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Moonlit view of Caernarvon 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.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Caernarvon Castle by Moonlight

Date

c.1780–1785

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 54 x W 64.4 cm

Accession number

1905.7

Acquisition method

bequeathed by William Arnold Sandby, 1905

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

unsigned

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