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 a 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 created during 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 depicts a view of a ruined castle complex with a tower set in a rocky landscape sparsely covered with trees. Keywords: Southern 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: In fairly good condition. Margins somewhat browned; overall slightly browned; slightly soiled at the margins. Crease in the lower right corner. Irregularly trimmed.