Conway Castle

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

John Glover, landscape painter, was born in 1767 in Leicestershire, the son of a farmer. He was largely self-taught as an artist and began his working life as a school teacher in Cumbria and later as a Drawing Master in Lichfield. During the 1790s he began to paint in oils and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1795. He was a founder member of the Society of Painters in Water-colours and served as President in 1807 and 1814/15. He was also a founder member of the Society of British Artists in 1824. After emigrating to Australia with his family in 1831, he settled at Mill’s Plains on the Nile River in Tasmania, where he remained until his death. There he combined sheep farming with painting landscapes.

Places

Wales, Conwy, Conwy Castle, Gwynedd, Conwy Bay

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, landscape C18th, landscape C19th, tree, dog, river, man, woman, road, harbour, castle, wall

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), pencil, watercolour (as object name)

Artist

John Glover (1767 - 1849)

Title

Conway Castle

Date

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 55.60 cm, width: 76.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 14 December 1976

Provenance

Sold through Christie's, London, on 14 December 1976 (Lot 54); from which sale purchased by the Department of the Environment

GAC number

12667