Collection of lithographs of sketches by George Orleans Delamotte of places mostly in the Vale of Neath

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Reference
- GB 3167 NAS Z 116
Dates of Creation
- c. 1818
Name of Creator
- Private donor
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 bundle

Scope and Content

Lithographs

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Collection of lithographs of sketches by George Orleans Delamotte of places mostly in the Vale of NeathNAS Z 116

Collection of lithographs of sketches by George Orleans Delamotte of places mostly in the Vale of Neath, including the following: 'Aberdylis, Vale of Neath' - a view of the mill and rocks at Aberdulais; 'Melincourt, Vale of Neath', a view of Melincourt Waterfall; 'Ysgwd Inon Cam, Vale of Neath', a view of Sgwd Einion Gam waterfall; 'Entrance to Porth yr Ogof Caveer', a view of the entrance to Porth yr Ogof caves near Ystradfellte; 'Margam Church', two slightly different views of Margam Abbey Church from the same vantage point, along the lane from the west; 'Dunraven Castle, the residence of Mrs Wyndham', showing the house from the seashore; 'Britonferry, seat of the Earl of Jersey', a view across the River Neath to Briton Ferry House; 'Briton Ferry', a view westwards across the River Neath with the ferry in the foreground; ''Chapter House, Margam', a view from the south east with the abbey in the background; and 'Swansea Ferry', a view north westwards across the River Tawe with the ferry in the foreground and Swansea Castle in the background. Some of the lithographs were originally separate, others were bound as a volume but now disbound with the cover detached. Latterly rolled but now flattened. Printed at Moser's Lithographic Press, 4 Greenland Place, Cromer St., Brunswick Square, London. [For further information about this series of lithographs, and the work of G. O. Delamotte in South Wales, see Bernard Morris, George Orleans Delamotte: A South Wales Sketch Book (West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2007), especially pages 11-13.NAS Z 116/1