1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Gateway of Rhuddlan Castle, North Wales is a 1850 watercolor by David Cox, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a crumbling stone castle gate with a tall, narrow archway. Two people walk through the entrance, leading a cow and a calf. Trees with bare branches frame the scene, and a low wooden fence runs along the left side. The sky is pale blue with a few scattered birds. The artist used soft, muted colors to show the castle’s worn stones and the quiet countryside. The brushstrokes are loose, giving the scene a gentle, sketchy feel. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour drawing depicts the gateway of Rhuddlan Castle in North Wales, rendered by David Cox the Elder in 1850.
Read the full account in the museum source.
David Cox (29 April 1783 – 7 June 1859) was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of Impressionism.
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![Trees [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/2f59ba73e183df09/thumb.webp)
![Chatsworth [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/3f4d97adb21a8333/thumb.webp)
