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James Ward, 1769–1859, British, Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, 1840
- Title:
Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire
- Date:
- 1840
- Medium:
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions:
- 23 5/8 x 46 5/8 inches (60 x 118.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left, monogramed: "WRD 1840"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.1.24
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1975.1.24FR
- Subject Terms:
- cart | castle | chopping | field | horses (animals) | landscape | logs | men | ruins | trees | village
- Associated Places:
- England | Europe | Kenilworth | United Kingdom | Warwickshire
- Access:
- Not on view
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:209
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Throughout its history, Kenilworth Castle served as both a fortress and a palace, as a site of siege and a source of artistic inspiration. The castle is a palimpsest of construction projects, the most extensive of which were ordered by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (whose portrait hangs on the opposite wall), in preparation for Queen Elizabeth I’s visit in 1575. The castle of Dudley’s creation would become an icon of Elizabethan court ceremony and a source of continued fascination for romantic artists such as James Ward. In this work, Ward envisions Kenilworth as a living ruin; despite its dilapidated state, it is integrated into a productive landscape. Gallery label for Art in Focus: The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06)
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 238-239, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
The British Castle : A Symbol in Stone, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2017, p. 34, cat. 32, V2722 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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