© Wordsworth Trust
Peele Castle in a Storm
Artist: Sir George Beaumont (1753 - 1827)
Location: Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum
Date: 1805
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 34 x 49 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £28,000)
Vendor: Professor Michael Jaye
Review number: 3910 (1993)
Provenance:
Possibly Mary Wordsworth, a gift from the artist; Lady Beaumont, retrieved from Mary Wordsworth and given to Sir Uvedale Price; private collection, England to the late 1970s; Dr Michael Jaye, London.
Description:
This painting was the inspiration for Wordsworth's 'Elegiac Stanzas', written after the death of his brother John at sea in 1805. It was Sir George's donation of a major part of his collection to the nation that was to have a decisive effect on the creation of a National Gallery. The small version of this picture was originally given to Mary Wordsworth because of its inspiration of Wordsworth's poem, but was later retrieved by Sir George's wife.
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