Pembroke Castle, plate six from Twelve Views in South Wales

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Pembroke Castle, plate six from Twelve Views in South Wales, 1775. Aquatint with etching on ivory laid paper.

Aquatint with etching on ivory laid paper · Image: 18.6 × 26 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Pembroke Castle, plate six from Twelve Views in South Wales
Artist: Paul Sandby English, 1731-1809
Date: 1775
Medium: Aquatint with etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 18.6 × 26 cm (7 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Plate: 23.9 × 31.4 cm (9 7/16 × 12 3/8 in.); Sheet: 35.3 × 52.5 cm (13 15/16 × 20 11/16 in.)
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. George B. Young
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1731–1809

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.