Lot Essay
Thomas Roscoe recorded at Harlech that the 'walls are lofty, towering above the marsh and sea, and from the summit is beheld a splendid prospect...the range of Snowdon hills, soaring far above the other mountains, now bright, now half surrounded in the veils of clouds' (cited in Spink, exhibition catalogue, London, 1997, no. 26).
Rather than focusing on the castle itself, Cox has chosen to depict the broad marsh of Morfa Harlech that stretches out below into the distance before the towering heights of Snowdon. He also pays tribute to the inspiration which artists drew from the site, by showing the tiny figure of a painter sketching away beneath a parasol.
Rather than focusing on the castle itself, Cox has chosen to depict the broad marsh of Morfa Harlech that stretches out below into the distance before the towering heights of Snowdon. He also pays tribute to the inspiration which artists drew from the site, by showing the tiny figure of a painter sketching away beneath a parasol.