View of Capelle Castle on the Rhine

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Gardnor, John (Reverend) (artist)

The Reverend John Gardnor (1729-1808), 'View of Capelle Castle on the Rhine', watercolour, about 1788. Original drawing for plate XIX for a volume of 32 aquatints entitled 'Views on the Rhine' published 1788

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Categories	Paintings Landscapes Topography
Object type	Watercolour
Title	View of Capelle Castle on the Rhine (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour and pen and ink, with some graphite pencil, on paper Watercolour
Brief description	The Reverend John Gardnor (1729-1808), 'View of Capelle Castle on the Rhine', watercolour, about 1788. Original drawing for plate XIX for a volume of 32 aquatints entitled 'Views on the Rhine' published 1788
Dimensions	Height: 42cm (Note: Taken from Lionel Lambourne, British Watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980) Width: 58.4cm (Note: Taken from Lionel Lambourne, British Watercolours in the V&A, 1980) Gilt frame height: 680mm (Note: FRAME) Gilt frame width: 840cm (Note: FRAME)
Object history	The castle above Capellen on the Rhine was replaced by the present castle of Stolzenfels in 1836-42.
Production	The figures in this drawing appear to be by another hand.
Subject depicted	Castles
Place depicted	Rhine
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	P.47-1936

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1069276/view-of-capelle-castle-on-watercolour-gardnor-john-reverend/

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