PRINTS AND DRAWINGS COLLECTION

Prints and drawings mostly relating to Flintshire, 1736-1995; including prints, 1802-1931, topographical prints and watercolours, 1756-1995, including work of Moses Griffiths, Frances Gray, Lady Sarah Williams; portraits, 1736-1888; photographs of paintings, [? 20th century]; postcards of paintings, [? 20th century]; and plans and architectural drawings, 1819-1912.

Items marked as 'Closed' in this collection are indicative only of extant items, and no actual copy is held at the Record Office; a copy may be available with the successor to the Central Reference Library. Individual entries give details.

Flintshire Record Office has collected original and copy prints, drawings and paintings relating to the county. These include works by Moses Griffith (1749-1819), who painted watercolours of numerous local scenes and buildings ; Frances Gray of Chester, who painted a series of watercolours depicting tollgates in the Flint, Holywell and Mostyn areas, Flintshire, in c. 1880; and Lady Sarah Williams (fl. 1844-1860), the wife of Sir John Hay Williams, of Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire.

Original topographical prints arranged alphabetically by place; others arranged into six series, A-F: Miscellaneous engravings and printed ephemera; Miscellaneous drawings and paintings; Personalities; Watercolours by Moses Griffith; Flintshire toll-gates; Copy prints, drawings and paintings.

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Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW projectand amended by Elizabeth Pettitt of Flintshire Record Office. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Prints and Drawings catalogue.

A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Flintshire Record Office.

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project and amended by Elizabeth Pettitt of Flintshire Record Office. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Prints and Drawings catalogue. Compiled Feb 2004, Jul 2005

Usual copyright regulations apply.

Usual Copyright Restrictions apply.

Deposited from c.1951 to date. All records deposited at Flintshire Record Office have been retained.

Accruals are possible