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Tintagel on the Cornish Coast
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Richards, a Philadelphia artist, first visited Tintagel on the Cornish coast in 1878. He recorded his impressions in a notebook which he subsequently drew upon in preparing a number of oil paintings and large gouaches.
Although the ruins visible on the cliffs date from the 13th century A.D., there is evidence of a sixth century substructure which lends credence to the legend that King Arthur was born on this site.
Inscription
Provenance
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Mrs. Dorothy Low Newton, Kennebunkport, Maine [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, by gift, 1989.
Exhibitions
| 2014 | American Artists Abroad: Works from the Permanent Collection . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 22 1/2 × W: 37 in. (57.15 × 93.98 cm); Framed, H: 29 1/2 × W: 44 × D: 3 1/4 in. (74.9 × 111.8 × 8.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Dr. Theodore L. Low, Director of Education from 1946 to 1980, by Josiah O. Low, Jr., Mary Low Fitch and Dorothy Low Newton in memory of their brother,1989
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.2642