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The image depicts a landscape with water, a sailboat, and Benton Castle in the distance. There are clouds in the sky. The brushwork is neat, different elements are clearly separated, and the color palette is dominated by sepia and earthy tones with lighter highlights.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Benton Castle, Looking down the Reach to Milford Haven
Paul Sandby
- Date
- 1775
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint with roulette and mezzotint printed in brown on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 24 × 31.3 cm (9 7/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2004.119.1.22
- Credit line
- Paul Mellon Fund
- Time span
- 1751 to 1775
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Twelve Views in South Wales, 1775 (Plate 11)
- Volume
- Album of Views in England and Wales
Subjects and terms
- etching
- British
- Landscape
- aquatint
- Castle
- Tree
- Water
- Boat
Inscription
Upper center in plate: XI; lower center in plate: BENTON CASTLE, Looking down the Reach to MILFORD HAVEN; lower left in plate: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by P. Sandby St. Georges Row Sepr. 1st. 1775.; lower right in plate: P. Sandby Fecit.; within image, lower center, on rock by water: P. Sandby 1774
NGA object ID 222956. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.