Artist
Wilhelm Melby
Wilhelm Melby is an artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at National Library of Wales.
Wilhelm Melby painted quiet coastal scenes in oil, most famously the chalk cliffs and sea lanes around southern England in the mid-1800s. His Dover Castle shows the fortress rising above the harbor, while Needles frames the slender chalk spires jutting from the water—both places you can still stand today. Tap Needles to step inside Melby’s calm view of the English Channel.
Works by Wilhelm Melby
Collections represented
Museum
The National Library of Wales is the national legal deposit library of Wales and a Welsh Government sponsored body, located in Aberystwyth. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5…