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拍品专文
Webber made a tour of Derbyshire in 1789 accompanied by his friend the amateur artist and keen geologist, William Day (1764-1807). The exact details of the tour are not known but it is believed that the two artists set off from Castleton and travelled south-west to Dove Dale.
Castleton is situated exactly 162 miles north-west of London and was renowned in the 18th century for its caverns and lead mines. Webber painted two pictures of the Peak at Castleton and exhibited them at the Royal Academy in 1791 (nos. 73 and 572). He also completed a number of watercolours and sketches of the village and The Castle of the Rock, a Norman fortress believed to have been built by William Peveril (supposed son of William the Conquerer). For a watercolour of the village and castle see W. Hauptman, Captain Cook's Painter John Webber 1751-1793, Bern, 1996, p. 196, pl. 40.
Castleton is situated exactly 162 miles north-west of London and was renowned in the 18th century for its caverns and lead mines. Webber painted two pictures of the Peak at Castleton and exhibited them at the Royal Academy in 1791 (nos. 73 and 572). He also completed a number of watercolours and sketches of the village and The Castle of the Rock, a Norman fortress believed to have been built by William Peveril (supposed son of William the Conquerer). For a watercolour of the village and castle see W. Hauptman, Captain Cook's Painter John Webber 1751-1793, Bern, 1996, p. 196, pl. 40.