A Fishing Boat Brought Ashore near Conway Castle

A Fishing Boat Brought Ashore near Conway Castle
Artist	Philip James de Loutherbourg
Year	1800
Type	Oil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions	69.9 cm× 106.7 cm(27.5 in× 42.0 in)
Location	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

A Fishing Boat Brought Ashore near Conway Castle is an 1800 landscape painting by the French-born artist Philip James de Loutherbourg. ^{[1] [2]} it is a romantic view of Conwy Castle in North Wales, where a fishing vessel is being hauled ashore by its crew during a storm. Up the estuary of the River Conwy, a cutter can be seen. The castle itself, built by Edward I during the Conquest of Wales, is shown on the hill as a romantic ruin. It has been suggested that the scene may depict smuggling taking place. ^[3] The work was likely displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1801 at Somerset House in London. Today the painting is in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich ^[4]

References

1. Preston p.100
2. Wright, Gordon & Smith p.535
3. https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-13970
4. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-fishing-boat-brought-ashore-near-conway-castle-175003

Bibliography

• Hermann, Luke. British Landscape Painting of the Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press, 1974.
• Preston, Lillian Elvira. Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg: Eighteenth Century Romantic Artist and Scene Designer. University of Florida, 1977.
• Wright, Christopher, Gordon, Catherine May & Smith, Mary Peskett. British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press, 2006.