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View of Caerphilly Castle

image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art | All Rights Reserved

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Date

1796

Artist

Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1743-1801)

Collection

Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Description

Watercolour over pencil. This shows Caerphilly Castle which stands seven miles north of Cardiff and was one of the most visited castles in Wales in the eighteenth century. The north-west tower is in the foreground with the inner gatehouse behind to the left and part of the great moat at the left edge. Rooker here depicts the less familiar side ' the famous leaning tower is not visible although it is included in a watercolour in the Fitzwilliam Museum (see Patrick Conner, Michelangelo Rooker, 1984, p. 68, ill.). Part of the castle was restored by the Marquess of Bute and it now has a roof.

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All Rights Reserved

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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Location

Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Wales

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Tags

Castles
Ruins
Sheep

Category

Buildings & Architecture

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