Richmond Castle at dusk

Details

John Wilson Ewbank, R.S.A. (1779-1847)
Richmond Castle at dusk
signed 'J. Ewbank' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 45 in. (76.2 x 114.3 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Richmond Castle in Yorkshire was begun in 1071 and occupies an impressive cliff-top position overlooking the River Swale. Local legend records that a tunnel once led from the bottom of this cliff to a cavern where King Arthur and his knights sat around the Round Table. Ewbank was a pupil of Alexander Nasmyth and in 1826 was one of the founding members of the Scottish Royal Academy.

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