Mumbles Lighthouse, Swansea Bay
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
Watercolourist George Bryant Campion initially specialised in topographical views, first exhibiting in 1829. In 1834 he became a member of the New Watercolour Society, where he exhibited c.400 works and served as vice-president (1839-41). From 1841 he was a drawing instructor at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Later in his career he specialised in military subjects and studies of uniforms. His lithographs include 17 plates for ‘The History of the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners’ (1855). He also painted the army training camp at Cobham for Queen Victoria and two of his watercolours of the review of Household Troops at Windsor (1869) were purchased by Prince Arthur. He was married with three children. He died Woolwich, aged about 74.
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Explore
- Places
- Wales, Mumbles Lighthouse, Swansea (County), The Mumbles, Gower Peninsula, Swansea Bay, Bristol Channel
- Subjects
- rowing boat, topography, seascape/coastal scene, rock formation, stone/rock, bay, cliff, lighthouse, ship
- Materials & Techniques
- paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)
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Details
- Title
- Mumbles Lighthouse, Swansea Bay
- Date
- Medium
- Watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- height: 25.70 cm, width: 44.40 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Appleby Bros, November 1972
- Inscription
- none
- Provenance
- Walker Gallery; purchased from Appleby Bros, November 1972
- GAC number
- 10465