Coats cloaks and capes exhibits11/14/2022 ![]() (Clay, Rotha Mary, (1948), Julius Caesar Ibbetson : p. Several of the figures are almost identical to those in another scene ‘Women Spinning’ from which these are probably derived. Another view of women near Llangollen, which is far more typical of his watercolours, shows two women in blue cloaks. However, both of his oil paintings of Llangollen, The entrance to Llangollen and Llangollen show one woman in a red cloak and another in blue (to the right of the woman with the blue nursing shawl). For example, View of Conway Castle and View of Llangollen. Ibbetson‘s many watercolours of women in Wales, mostly dating to 1792, show women in blue cloaks. There are far more oil paintings of Welsh scenes which include red cloaks than there are with blue ones but contemporary tourist’s accounts (below) show that blue was far more common.īrecon Castle and Honddu Bridge from across the Usk, about 1800, includes, as a focal point, a woman in a red cloak.Īlmost all of J.C. 61) and it is possible that some artists coloured cloaks red for this reason. Letters on the Scenery of Wales … (1821), p. One artist suggested that red cloaks would look better in paintings of the landscape than blue ones, (Rev Robert Hasell Newell, (1778-1852). T he colour of cloaks in paintings and prints Some of the words listed under cloaks in Terminology mean ‘to hide’, ‘to feint’ or ‘to disguise’ all of which could be applied to the wearing of a cloak as a deliberate attempt to conceal ones self. The word ‘cloak’ is derived from old North French meaning bell, from its shape and the Welsh term cochl appears to derive from the French for bell (cloche) rather than Welsh for red ( coch). These terms, all of which are normally enveloping garments, have a number of Welsh terms in common. TerminologyĪlmost any outer garment has been described as a cloak, including mantles/mantells, copes, habits, coats and whittles or large shawls. Several tourists noted large groups of women in blue cloaks (see below), even as late as 1871.Ĭloaks with hoods large enough to cover a tall Welsh hat appear in drawings from the mid 19th century. However, some of the frequent reports that women wore cloaks whatever the weather might be based on earlier sources rather than observation. Many tourists used a similar wording when mentioning cloaks and although it is possible that in some cases this was copied from earlier published works, most references to them are the result of first-hand observation and are an accurate description of what they saw. The women who witnessed the French Invasion at Fishguard in 1797 wore red shawls, not cloaks. It will be noted from the references to blue cloaks by tourists (below) that they were worn in all parts of Wales but in some parts of Wales, especially on the Gower, women wore red shawls or whittles, sometimes described as cloaks. Before that decade, red cloaks were more common in England and blue was more common in Wales. Red or scarlet cloaks are often associated with the Welsh National Costume but they were rare in Wales before the 1860s. The colour of cloaks in paintings and prints. ![]()
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