1793 Watercolour on cream wove paper, mounted on cream card
150 x 240 mm. Purchase: Bernard Squire 1935
A sepia ink inscription reads "August 9th 1793. / Mountain Scenery - on crossing the Mountain Ridge between Pont Aberglaslyn & Tan y Bwlch. This view was taken from one of the steepest, of the many difficult ascents on this Road. / Merionethshire"
Picturesque landscape in Snowdonia; foreground, open ground with a river and rocks; middleground, in the centre, a small waterfall between rocks, on the right, ten sheep, a dog and a woman; background, rugged hills with rocky crags; sky, cumulus. Painted with gentle washes with body colour for sheep and figure. Some pencil underdrawing. Mount has a hand-drawn grey border
