The Beautiful Vale and Mowddach River, Merionethshire
Date:
1805
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13in. (24.1 x 33cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower center: "View of the Beautiful Vale and Mowddach River down towards Llan Ellsyd Bridge I Peak of the Saddle. Merionettshire."; in graphite, lower right: "5466"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1227
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
valley (landform) | river | landscape | clouds | tree | mountains
Associated Places:
Cymru | Merionethshire | Wales | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
Publications:
Yale Center for British Art, Wales, New Haven, 2014, pp. 16-17, 21, V2519 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
This watercolor depicts the valley of the Mawddach, a river with its source in North Wales. By using a tree as repoussoir on the right and lighter washes of color in the background for atmospheric perspective, Griffith not only creates depth in the composition but also a sense of the infinite that was seen as a source of the sublime. He contrasts the heavy mountain slopes with the agile, meandering river. Gallery label for the Art in Focus: Wales(Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)