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| Keywords: J.M.W. Turner Dolbadern Castle, 1800.jpg Artwork en Dolbadern Castle 1800 Oil on canvas 1194 X 902 mm Diploma Work given by J M W Turner R A accepted 1802 When exhibited at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1800 the picture was accompanied by the following verse How awful is the silence of the waste Where nature lifts her mountains to the sky Majestic solitude behold the tower Where hopeless OWEN long imprison'd pin'd And wrung his hands for liberty in vain 'Owen' is probably the Welsh prince Owen Gogh who was imprisoned from 1254 to 1277 by his brother in Dolbadern Castle Turner depicts a bleak landscape with a solemn brooding atmosphere The figures in the foreground are dwarfed by the immensity of the mountains 1800 accession number place of creation place of discovery object history exhibition history credit line http //www racollection org uk/ixbin/indexplus _IXSESSION_ zMiSQdZMtHu _IXSR_ SkZJbqxG2lC _IXSS_ _IXACTION_ 3dsummary 26_IXFPFX_ 3dtemplates 252ffull 252f 26 2524with 2bv_id 2bis 2bART22205 3d 252e 26_IXSESSION_ 3dzMiSQdZMtHu 26_IXMAXHITS_ 3d18 _IXACTION_ display _MREF_ 23503 _IXSP_ 1 _IXFPFX_ templates/full/ _IXSPFX_ templates/full/ PD-Old 100px Paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner Dolbadarn Castle in art 1800 paintings Paintings in the Royal Academy of Arts Paintings of castles in Wales Reception pieces | ||||
