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CraigyBere
Presented by Mrs R.M. Bateman, the artist's mother-in-law 1941
architecture
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
cottage
landscape
mountain
Nantlle Valley
places
residential
road
rocky
Snowdonia
townscapes / man-made features
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
valley
Wales
paper unique graphite
Craig-y-Bere
support: 378 × 533 mm
Presented by Mrs R.M. Bateman, the artist's mother-in-law 1941
<p><b>N05286</b> CRAIG-Y-BERE 1939</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Ian Strang 1939’ b.l.
<br/>Pencil, 14 7/8×21 (38×53).
<br/>Presented by the artist's mother-in-law Mrs R. M. Bateman 1941.</p>
<p>The artist's wife has recorded (letter of 5 December 1957) that the scene in Caernarvonshire, below the Drws-y-Coed pass at the head of the Nantlle valley. The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> was made from the terrace of a deserted cottage named Clogwyn Brwnt (i.e. ‘harsh or cruel precipice’), which faces the crag. On the left lie the scattered cottages which formed part of a mining hamlet in the valley below. Craig-y-Bere means a precipitous crag, which in this case is composed of jagged points of rock thrust up from the scree face.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-07T00:00:00
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architecture Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire cottage landscape mountain Nantlle Valley places residential road rocky Snowdonia townscapes / man-made features UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features valley Wales