Castle Rushen, Towne and Castle
Date made: late 1800s
Artist: King, Daniel
Description: On the sketch is written: "Castle Rushen Town and Castle as it doth appeare on ye west. A) The Street. B) The marketcrosse. C) The counterscarpe of stone & tower. D) The walles of ye Castle. E) The Castle. F) The Govrnors House. G) The rest of the houses I'th Towne."
The oldest known pictures of the Isle of Man are a series of wash drawings in the British Museum. The drawings were executed by Daniel King of Chester - probably between 1643 and 1648 - during his visit to the Island with James 7th Earl of Derby. Watercolour copies of the drawings were produced at the end of the nineteenth century and facsimiles are held in the Manx National Heritage collections.
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Measurements: 23cm x 34cm
Materials: paper : pen & ink & wash
Object name: drawing
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1957-0093