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Landscape with a Castle

Photo credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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In 1793 the artist was commissioned by Sir Nigel Gresley to paint a huge panoramic imaginary landscape extending across all four walls of the dining room at Drakelow Hall in Derbyshire, near Burton upon Trent (now in Staffordshire). Sandby appears to have painted the landscape in a very short time.

The building was sold and demolished in 1934 and a power station was built upon the site. Of the series of paintings on the four walls, only this one was saved and purchased by a museum. It represents a view of Dolbadarn Castle on the lake Llyn Peris in north Wales, with Snowdon beyond.

Victoria and Albert Museum

London

Title

Landscape with a Castle

Date

1793

Medium

fresco on plaster

Measurements

H 669 x W 773 cm

Accession number

P.12-1934

Acquisition method

purchased, 1934

Work type

Painting

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