Portmeirion
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Photographic Print. Seat in a theatrical corrugated iron shelter in Portmeirion Woods. Beyond th...
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Photographic Print. Pink pathway of Rhododendron blossoms in Portmeirion woodlands. Beyond the v...
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Photographic Print. Stone lion statue lying regally amongst the Hydrangeas on a pathway at Portme...
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Photographic Print. Figures on Victorian Coade Stone vase in Portmeirion village. A lichen cover...
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Photographic Print. Classical fountain in The Piazza Pool at Portmeirion village. The pool is ov...
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Photographic Print. Classical fountain in the Piazza Pool in front of the Gloriette at Portmeirio...
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Photographic Print. Bronze statue Hercules against blue sky and tree at Portmeirion village. Sir...
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Photographic Print. Bronze statue of Hercules by William Brodie against blue sky at Portmeirion v...
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Photographic Print. Hercules Statue by William Brodie in Portmeirion village, Snowdonia, Wales. ...
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Photographic Print. The magnificent shining gold Griffon statue at the entrance of the village, P...
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Photographic Print. Gold Thai statue on Ionic classical column in blue sky and clouds at the Piaz...
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Photographic Print. Gold Thai statue on Ionic column in the clouds with hands and face to the sky...
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Photographic Print. White classical figure statue with her head in the clouds in front of Hotel P...
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Photographic Print. Metal relief horse plaque over a blue arched doorway in Battery Square, Portm...
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Photographic Print. Turquoise metal lantern against the clouds and Chantry Row in the village, Po...
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Photographic Print. Trompe L'Oeil Mermaid holding a fish in archway of the Old Toll Gate, Portmei...
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Photographic Print. Two terracotta plaster angels in blue niche at the back of the dome in Portme...
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Photographic Print. Fresco by Fiebusch depicting Mythological deity figures beneath the archway o...
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Photographic Print. Fresco by Fiebusch of Mythological deity figures and Hippocampus on the Gate ...
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Photographic Print. An oculus, doorway and archway through the Gate House leading to the village,...
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Photographic Print. Mythological Fresco mural of Neptune by Feibusch on the Anchor house, Portmei...
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Photographic Print. Balcony balustrade on a painted mural of Neptune on the Anchor house, Portmei...
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Photographic Print. Mermaid and fish in iron balustrade on the balcony of the Gloriette building,...
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Photographic Print. Mythological deity figures and Unicorn fresco on the souvenir shop, Battery S...
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Photographic Print. Grecian statue in a blue archway in Portmeirion village. This Grecian female...
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Photographic Print. The round house residence of Patrick McGoohan as Number 6 in the village, Por...
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Photographic Print. Stone sculpture of a child cherub in the rock at Portmeirion. Snowdonia, Wale...
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Photographic Print. Sculpture of the Stone Mermaid lounging in front of the Rotunda in Portmeirio...
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Photographic Print. Unicorn house seen through the Piazza Arch in Portmeirion village. The pink ...
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Photographic Print. Gloriette building overlooking the Piazza Pool and Classical Fountain at Port...
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Photographic Print. Shell Grotto in The Rotunda below an Astrolabe and Belvedere Outlook in Portm...
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Photographic Print. Shell Grotto in the Rotunda below Belvedere Outlook and an Astrolabe in...
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Photographic Print. Hotel Portmeirion in the village, Snowdonia, Wales. The main building of the...
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Photographic Print. Stone lion statue lying regally amongst the Hydrangeas in a sun haze at Portm...
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Photographic Print. Pink Gothic Pavillion in the centre of the village at Portmeirion, Gwyneddd, ...
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Photographic Print. Cut out Trompe l'oeil painted statue of Plenty in Portmeirion Woods, Minfford...
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Photographic Print. Statue of Horatio Nelson just outside the village on the edge of Portmeirion ...
was looking for an island but when he saw Portmeirion he knew it was the
right place then 41 years later, The Prisoner was filmed there, depicting
Portmeirion as an island from which there was no escape.
At Portmeirion, while filming a one off episode of the spy series,
Dangerman in 1960, Patrick McGoohan got the spark of an idea for The Prisoner.
He came back in 1966 and persuaded Clough to allow him to film there and
persuaded Lew Grade, head of ATV to let him make it. He wrote it,
directed some episodes, produced it and played the character of the
eneigmatic passionate Number 6. Filming took place in Sep 1966 and March 1967 and its original run was Sep 1967 - Feb
1968. In an interview by Wesley Britton, Roger Langley wrote, 'people
talk about McGoohan striving for perfection and he has been quoted in
respect of his role in Danger Man as saying he wanted to make each
episode 'as perfect as possible'. Some of the 'political' issues are
with us today: surveillance, loss of
freedom, storing of personal data, computer records and vast databases,
invasion of privacy etc. However, The Prisoner was so much
more...What began as an apparent
kidnapping of a spy to a strange place called 'The Village', ended up
with surreal stories, an allegory of life itself...What
is still with us is the rebellious spirit of the main character,
refusing to be 'numbered' and demanding his right to privacy and
freedom....and McGoohan was on record as being concerned about the amount of power
and control some people had and the abuse of it. He was also concerned
with the proliferation of nuclear weapons and this is reflected in the
final episode of The Prisoner. ...as one of the production crew stated neatly, The Prisoner
is 'about life itself'...without his being in overall
charge of the production, there would have been a much tighter reign on
what he wanted to create. As it was, his artistic flair and input into
the series meant that it was unique and students of TV can watch the
series today and marvel how an ordinary prime-time show could become so
complex and still be discussed four decades later.' Scott Thill in Wired wrote, "The Prisoner
In Paintings in Gouache there is a painting which has a scene from The Prisoner, Portmeirion 1. Filmstrip, Pillars and Chess . Other paintings in the series in this section are Portmeirion 2. Life and Death, Chess, No. 6, Flowers and Baubles, Portmeirion 3, Phoenix, Shell and Gloriette Windows, Portmeirion 4. Mermaid Take Care Not To....
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