Dimensions: support: 267 x 429 mm
Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is John Sell Cotman's watercolor, "Harlech Castle." It gives me such a melancholy feeling, like a forgotten memory. What significance do you see in this image? Curator: The castle, bathed in fading light, becomes a symbol of resilience and the passage of time. Consider the figures in the foreground - are they witnesses, or perhaps symbolic representations of humanity dwarfed by history? What narratives do you imagine unfolding within those ancient walls? Editor: That's a great perspective. Thank you for expanding my view! Curator: It's in these visual echoes that history truly resonates.
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Cotman toured Wales in 1800, and made a series of drawings and watercolours of Welsh subjects in the following years. This watercolour of Harlech Castle in North Wales is related to a sketch he drew on 30 July 1800. Harlech Castle was built in the thirteenth century by Edward I, and was often represented by artists at this time. It features in watercolours by Girtin, Varley and Turner as well as Cotman. Gallery label, September 2004
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