unknown artist, (William Close), West View of the Ruins of Gleaston Castle, Gleaston, Aldingham, Lancashire, and The Castle or Tower of Dalton, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire, 1805
- Title:
- West View of the Ruins of Gleaston Castle, Gleaston, Aldingham, Lancashire, and The Castle or Tower of Dalton, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire
- Date:
- 1805
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 3/8 inches (21.3 × 13.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "West View of the Ruins of Gleaston Castle"; lower center: "The Castle or Tower of Dalton | Drawn by W. Close"; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, upper center: "a meadow | on the opposite side of this paper. | insert a few small figures of cattle &c."; lower left: "To be engraved in lines"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.15146
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | castle | ruins | tower (building division) | view
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31924
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