Artwork
Return from Market, Castell Coch
Return from Market, Castell Coch is an oil painting by the British Romanticist artist Julius Caesar Ibbetson. It dates from 1808 and is held in the collection of the National Library of Wales.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The subject centers on a family's return from market, with the cart, horse, and accompanying figures forming the core narrative.
The painting depicts a domestic scene of a family returning from market near Castell Coch, featuring a horse-drawn cart laden with goods, accompanied by a dog and a child, symbolizing everyday rural life in early 19th-century Wales. The composition emphasizes the domestic and pastoral setting, reflecting themes of domestic economy and community.
The subject centers on a family's return from market, with the cart, horse, and accompanying figures forming the core narrative. The inclusion of a dog and child underscores themes of domestic stability and continuity, while the setting near Castell Coch grounds the scene in a specific Welsh landscape, suggesting a connection to local identity and geography.
Technique & Style
Return from Market, Castell Coch is an oil painting on canvas, dated circa 1808. The work measures 29.5 cm in height and 37.2 cm in width, with the canvas serving as the support. The medium is oil paint, applied in a typical early‑nineteenth‑century British manner, though the sources do not specify the artist’s handling, brushwork, or any condition issues. Likewise, no details are given regarding formal or stylistic qualities beyond its classification as a painting.
History & Provenance
Return from Market, Castell Coch is an oil on canvas by Julius Caesar Ibbetson dated c.1808. The painting entered the National Library of Wales collection through purchase from A. Ackermann in 1979, and is recorded there under the accession number PB09317.
The painting Return from Market, Castell Coch is held in the National Library of Wales collection, with accession number PB09317. It entered the collection through purchase from A. Ackermann in 1979. The work has been exhibited as part of the library's holdings, though specific exhibition details are not provided in the sources.
Overview
Return from Market, Castell Coch is an oil painting created by Julius Caesar Ibbetson in 1808. It is a representative work of British Romanticism, held in the National Library of Wales.
Artist & collection
Artist
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (29 December 1759 – 13 October 1817) was a British 18th-century landscape and watercolour painter.
