Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855, British
Title:
The Head of Loch Fyne, with Dindarra Castle
Date:
1850
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gouache, gum, and graphite, with scraping on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 16 1/8 inches (30.5 × 41 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Copley Fielding 1850"; inscribed on back in graphite, upper left: "View looking to the Head of Loch Fyne | with the Castel of Dindarra in the distance | Argullshire | C.F."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Scotland | Argyll and Bute | Fyne, Loch | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
Publications:
Jane Bayard, Works of splendor and imagination, The exhibition watercolor, 1770-1870 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 67, no. 59, pl. 59, ND1928 B39 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Roger Quarm, Masters of the sea : British marine watercolours, , Phaidon, Oxford, UK, 1987, p. 94, no. 119, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)Yale Center for British Art, Great British watercolors : from the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007, pp. 144-147, no. 63, ND1928 .Y35 2007 (LC)+ Oversize (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
By the early nineteenth century the Scottish Highlands had become one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, largely thanks to the novels of Sir Walter Scott. Sketching journeys through the Highlands became common for artists, and Copley Fielding toured extensively there, producing finished watercolors for exhibition as well as illustrations for Walter Scott’s Waverly novels. “Dindarra” is Copley Fielding’s phonetic spelling of Dunderave Castle, which sits at the head of Loch Fyne. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)