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Raglan Castle

Edwin Edwards

Name Class Date
Edwin Edwards, Raglan Castle. Public domain. See this canvas under a moving light: the drawing, the true colour under the varnish, the bare pigment

The facts

Artist
Edwin Edwards artsdot.com/en/artists/edwin-edwards/
Artist’s dates
1823 – 1879
Original size
66 x 145 cm
Movement
Romanticism Art that puts feeling, wildness and the power of nature above calm order and rules.

Copyright This work is in the public domain. Edwin Edwards died in 1879; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it ended in 1949.

Source: ArtsDot.com — accessed Sept. 27, 2026

Raglan Castle — Edwin Edwards Part 1 · The artwork

In context

Raglan Castle — Edwin Edwards

How big is it?

The original measures 66 × 145 cm (height × width), drawn here beside an adult of average height.

When might this have been painted?

  1. 1820
  2. 1830
  3. 1840
  4. 1850
  5. 1860
  6. 1870

Row above: the years. Row below: how old the artist was at the start and at the end of each span — 0 at birth, 56 at death.

Shaded: the lifetime of Edwin Edwards (1823–1879) every dated painting, decade by decade

This record has no exact year on file — using the artist's lifetime and the work's style, what decade would you guess?

Compare with

Pick one work above: name two things it shares with this one, and one thing that's different.

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Colours

Measured from the image

    Main colour

    Espresso #4d483d

    Catalogued palette

    • #4D483D
    • #937F5B
    • #D4B884
    • #665E4E

    These colours inside the artist’s whole palette Find other paintings by colour

    Palette
    Earthy The dominant colour family in the image.
    Main colour name
    Espresso
    Intensity
    Balanced How saturated and varied the colours are, from a single toned-down hue to many bright ones.
    Contrast
    Serene How much the colours differ in lightness and saturation across the picture.
    Harmony
    Unified Palette How well the colours work together, from clashing to fully unified.
    Brightness
    Balanced How light or dark the picture reads overall, from deep shadow to bright highlight.
    Saturation
    Subtle Color How pure and strong the colours are, from near-grey to fully vivid.

    Where in the world is this painting looked at?

    • under 1%
    • 1–3%
    • 3–8%
    • 8–20%
    • 20% and over
    This painting alone has too few recorded visitors to map, so the plate reads every work by Edwin Edwards over the last twelve months — 1 countries in all. Where these figures come from

    The ten leading countries

    1. 1 China 100.0%

    Find the three darkest countries on the map. Is the museum that keeps this painting in any of them? Write down one reason people far away might look at it.

    The 5 most looked-at works by Edwin Edwards

    1. 1 The Pool, London 33.3%
    2. 2 Towing Path, Sunbury on Thames, 1867 16.7%
    3. 3 Fishing by the River at Wilford Ferry, Nottingham, Barge in the Background 16.7%
    4. 4 Surlingham Ferry 16.7%
    5. 5 Raglan Castle this painting 16.7%

    Together these works take 100.0% of all the attention this artist's paintings received over the last twelve months. The catalogue holds 18 works by this artist, of which 5 were looked at at least once. This painting ranks 5 of them, with 16.7% of that attention. The same counts, month by month

    Bars measure attention, not quality. Pick the work at the top and this one: name one thing that might make a painting famous beyond how well it is painted.

    Source: ArtsDot.com — accessed Sept. 27, 2026

    Raglan Castle — Edwin Edwards Part 2 · In context

    Artist and museum

    Artist

    Edwin Edwards

    Where to read more

    Find this online

    QR code linking to the download page for Raglan Castle

    artsdot.com/en/art/download/edwin-edwards-raglan-castle-AQSDG4-en/

    Cite this artwork

    MLA
    Edwards, Edwin. Raglan Castle. n.d., https://artsdot.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-raglan-castle-AQSDG4-en/
    APA
    Edwards, Edwin (n.d.). Raglan Castle [Painting]. https://artsdot.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-raglan-castle-AQSDG4-en/
    Chicago
    Edwin Edwards. Raglan Castle. n.d. https://artsdot.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-raglan-castle-AQSDG4-en/
    Harvard
    Edwards, Edwin (n.d.) Raglan Castle. Available at: https://artsdot.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-raglan-castle-AQSDG4-en/

    Source: ArtsDot.com — accessed Sept. 27, 2026

    Raglan Castle — Edwin Edwards Part 3 · Artist and museum

    Look closely

    Raglan Castle — Edwin Edwards

    Look closely

    Answer in your own words. There are no wrong answers here — only answers you can explain.

    1. What catches your eye first, and why?
    2. Which colours or shapes create the mood — and what is that mood?
    3. Our catalogue files this work under: castle landscape, english countryside, romantic ruins. Do you agree? What would you add, or take away?
    4. Look back at High Street, Whitechapel (1869), earlier in this guide. Name two things it shares with this work, and one that is different.
    5. Romanticism: Art that puts feeling, wildness and the power of nature above calm order and rules. Where can you see that in this work?

    Your response

    Write a short paragraph about this artwork. Use the facts from the earlier parts of this guide, and your answers above.

    Source: ArtsDot.com — accessed Sept. 27, 2026

    Raglan Castle — Edwin Edwards Part 4 · Look closely

    Questions & Answers

    How saturated is the palette of "Raglan Castle"?

    "Raglan Castle" by Edwin Edwards is recorded with a subtle color saturation.

    Is "Raglan Castle" free of copyright?

    "Raglan Castle" by Edwin Edwards is in the public domain - its copyright has expired. This status governs how the image of the work may be reproduced.

    Where can I find artworks similar to "Raglan Castle" by Edwin Edwards?

    The Similars page of "Raglan Castle" by Edwin Edwards presents related artworks.