Aberglaslyn, North Wales

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Hubert Cornish was a lawyer from Devon, who also became an accomplished painter of landscapes in watercolour. Most of his work was inspired by rural and coastal scenes in Devon. Cornish travelled through England and Wales and painted landscapes in Somerset, Denbighshire (north-east Wales) and the Lake District. He may be the Hubert Cornish who died at about the age of 55 at his seat at Black Hall, in Devon, in 1832.

Places

Aberglaslyn Pass, Wales, Gwynedd, Moelwyn Mawr, Snowdonia, Cnicht, Afon Glaslyn

Subjects

topography, landscape C19th, genre, tree, hill, woman, child

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), pencil, wash drawing, pencil drawing, wash

Artist

Hubert Cornish (c1770 - 1832)

Title

Aberglaslyn, North Wales

Date

Medium

Pencil and wash on paper

Dimensions

height: 31.50 cm, width: 47.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, November 1972

Provenance

Montague Bernard; purchased from Appleby Bros, November 1972

GAC number

10466