A Fishing Boat Brought Ashore near Conway Castle is an 1800 landscape painting by the French-born artist Philip James de Loutherbourg.Preston p.100Wright, Gordon & Smith p.535 it is a romantic view of Conwy Castle in North Wales, where a fishing vessel is being hauled ashore by its crew during a storm. Up the estuary of the River Conwy, a cutter can be seen. The castle itself, built by Edward I during the Conquest of Wales, is shown on the hill as a romantic ruin. It has been suggested that the scene may depict smuggling taking place.https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-13970 The work was likely displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1801 at Somerset House in London. Today the painting is in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwichhttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-fishing-boat-brought-ashore-near-conway-castle-175003
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