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. 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 depicting Mythological deity figures beneath the archway of the Gate H...
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Photographic Print. A doorway and archway through the Gate House leading to green and the village...
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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. Turquoise metal lantern against the clouds and Chantry Row in the village, Po...
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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. Shell Grotto below an Astrolabe and Rotunda in Portmeirion village. Down alo...
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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. 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...
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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