Tenby
PLACE, Francis
© Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Tenby is now perhaps Wales’s best known seaside resort, but it did not become famous until the early nineteenth century. These fresh, vivid drawings depict a quiet port and undeveloped shoreline, peopled by working figures. Francis Place was one of the first British artists to specialise in drawing landscape. He visited Wales in 1678 and these drawings are among the earliest known images of Wales drawn on the spot.
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Details
Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Item Number
NMW A 3378
Creation/Production
PLACE, Francis
Date: 1678
Acquisition
Purchase, 8/9/1931
Measurements
Height (cm): 19.2
Width (cm): 55.2
Height (in): 7
Width (in): 21
Techniques
mixed media on paper
drawings and watercolours
Fine Art - works on paper
Material
ink
wash
Location
In store
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