46 - W. CLARKE (1806-1865), Castle ruins with a tower in France, around 1830, Pencil

W. CLARKE (1806-1865), Castle ruins with a tower in France, around 1830, Pencil William Barnard Clarke (1806 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire - 1865 Freiburg im Breisgau): Castle ruins with tower and chapel in France, c. 1830, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: numbered top left: "No 10", inscribed lower right Date: c. 1830 Description: The drawing was made on a journey that took the English architect, cartographer, archaeological writer, art collector, numismatist and literary translator William Barnard Clarke to France between 1838 and 1839 and later to Italy in 1839. It shows a view of a ruined castle complex with a tower in a rocky landscape sparsely covered with trees. Keywords: South of France; France; England; Great Britain; England; architect; ruin; castle; landscape; travel; pencil; drawing; 19th century; Romanticism; Landscape; France; Size: Paper: 11,6 cm x 16,7 cm (4,6 x 6,6 in) Condition: Rather good condition. Margins somewhat browned, overall slightly browned, slightly soiled at margins. Crease lower right. Irregularly trimmed.