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George Arthur Fripp (1813-96)
Penrhyn Castle, view from the Queen's window dated 1860
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil, with some scratching out | 31.3 x 45.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 920250
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A watercolour recording the royal visit, in North Wales, to Col. and Lady Louisa Pennant, 15-17 Oct. 1859. Deer graze in the foreground; two figures are on the left, a viaduct in the middle distance and mountains beyond.
The Queen praised the view from her window at Penrhyn Castle, where the royal family stayed for a few days in October 1859, as ‘splendid’. George Fripp, a Bristol artist, was commissioned to record the landscape in a watercolour for the Queen’s Souvenir Album.
Signed and dated: George A. Fripp. 1860
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010Provenance
Commissioned by Queen Victoria for her Souvenir Album; Fripp was paid £21 for ‘a drawing of Penhryn (sic.) Castle in April 1860
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil, with some scratching out
Measurements
31.3 x 45.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 20250
