Gateway of Peele Castle
Date made: 1795
Description: An interesting glimpse of the town of Peel from the castle entrance with its rock-cut steps. The large double-ridged house is that built by Sir George Moore, merchant and Speaker of the Keys in the mid-18th century - it was destroyed by fire in the 1880's; the next on the right, with gabled facade (now the Peveril Hotel) was the home of High Bailiff Savage. There is a detailed depiction of a Manx fishing smack in foreground.
This is one of a series of 18th century watercolour paintings depicting the Isle of Man executed by Britain's leading watercolour artist John 'Warwick' Smith. In the 1790s John ‘Warwick’ Smith was commissioned by the 4th Duke of Atholl, John Murray (1755-1830), then Governor-in-Chief of the Isle of Man, to complete a series of watercolour drawings of the Isle of Man. Twenty-six were completed in total, some of the earliest watercolour paintings depicting the Island. When the Duke died in 1830 the Atholls’ connection to the Isle of Man was severed, and the paintings were taken to Blair Castle, the ancestral home of the Atholl family. In the 1950s the entire set was rediscovered and purchased for the Manx Museum and returned to the Isle of Man.
Measurements: artwork: 30.5 x 43.5cm
Materials: watercolour on paper
Object name: Painting
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1954-7207
Subject tags : #Johnwarwicksmith
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