View of Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, from the Westward

Julius Caesar Ibbetson 1759 - 1817

Summary

View of Llantrisant in Glamorganshire, South Wales. Looking across a rocky landscape towards the ruins of a castle, the left side of the scene is cast in dark shadows from a setting sun. In the foreground, cattle rest and graze between the rocks and brambles of the Welsh valley; a peasant woman with her back to the viewer begins to descend a rugged hillside. Cottages surround the castle's ruins and in the distance, beneath the evening sky, hills line the horizon.