Harlech Castle

Hubert Cornish (c1770 - 1832)

Watercolour on paper

  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Hubert Cornish was a lawyer from Devon, who also became an accomplished painter of landscapes in watercolour. Most of his work was inspired by rural and coastal scenes in Devon. Cornish travelled through England and Wales and painted landscapes in Somerset, Denbighshire (north-east Wales) and the Lake District. He may be the Hubert Cornish who died at about the age of 55 at his seat at Black Hall, in Devon, in 1832.
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  • Details
    Title
    Harlech Castle
    Date
    Medium
    Watercolour on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 31.00 cm, width: 47.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Appleby Bros, March 1968
    Inscription
    verso uc: North Wales / Inside of Harlech Castle / Monmouthshire
    Provenance
    With Applebys; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in March 1968
    GAC number
    7990