Conway Castle

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Edward Dayes was born in London and apprenticed to mezzotinter and painter William Pether. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1786. During his early career he worked as a miniaturist, later concentrating on the topographical landscapes in watercolour for which he is best-known. Thomas Girtin was a pupil of Dayes’ until an argument between the two seems to have led to Girtin’s imprisonment. Although not a pupil, J. M. W. Turner also studied Dayes’s work and some watercolours by Turner from the 1790s are virtually indistinguishable from those of Dayes. Towards the end of his career, Dayes began working in oils with less success. He was known as a difficult character with a fiery temper and committed suicide in London in 1804.

Places

Wales, Conwy Castle, Conwy (County), River Conwy

Subjects

rowing boat, cart, topography, townscape/cityscape, horse, river bank, river, shore, man, road, bridge (rural), cottage, castle, turret

Materials & Techniques

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

Artist

Edward Dayes (1763 - 1804)

Title

Conway Castle

Date

Medium

Pen and ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 24.60 cm, width: 35.30 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Spink & Son, November 1954

GAC number

3033