The Stronghold of the Seison

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The Stronghold of the Seison
The Stronghold of the Seison
The Stronghold of the Seison
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By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Image ID
7314
Accession number
NMW A 26200
Title
Value
 
The Stronghold of the Seison
Identification
Identifier
Type
 
 
Creator
Name
Role
 
 
BRETT, John
 
Material
Value
 
organic materials
textiles
wood
metals
oil
canvas
wood
gilding
Technique
Value
 
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Category
Value
 
Painting
Fine Art
Usage
Value
 
Creation date
01/01/1879
to
31/12/1879
Period
Period
 
1879
Additional information
The ‘Seison Stronghold’ is Caernarfon Castle, built by Edward I of England following his conquest of Wales. Symbolically, the mountains of Snowdonia tower majestically above the man-made fortress. The tide is out and kittywakes feed on the sandbars. The Pre-Raphaelite painter John Brett visited Wales regularly from the late 1860s and exhibited this picture at the Royal Academy in 1879.
Keywords
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Landscape
Seascape
Pre-Raphaelitism
LANDSCAPE FEATURES
LANDSCAPE FEATURES
ART AND DESIGN MOVEMENTS
Monochrome or colour
Colour
Place
Value
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