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The stack rock

IBBETSON, Julius Caesar
The stack rock
Image: By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
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Probably 'The Stack Rock near Stackpole, coast of Pembrokeshire' shown at the Royal Academy in 1793. Stack Rock is in the distance and Star Rock is to the right. The men are hauling in a seine-net, designed to hang vertically in the water so that the ends can be drawn together to catch the fish. The painter stayed with John Campbell, later Lord Cawdor, at Stackpole Court during his tour of Wales in 1792.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 463

Creation/Production

IBBETSON, Julius Caesar
1759-1817
Role: Artist
Period: 1793-1794

Acquisition

Purchase, 10/6/1942

Measurements

Height (cm): 48
Width (cm): 62.9
Height (in): 18
Width (in): 24

Techniques

Oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

Oil
Canvas

Location

In store
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  • Fine Art
  • Landscape
  • Painting
  • Welsh Costume

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