A list of Welsh drawings

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 24017D.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006085230
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1795
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English English.
  • Physical Description
    • 6 ff. (blank from f. 4) ; 315 x 200 mm.
      Bound at NLW in single section binding with archival manila cover.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A list, [September] 1795, by the artist John Malchair of Oxford, of drawings made by him on a tour of north Wales, 22 July-21 August 1785, written on returning to Oxford.
The drawings are described in chronological order, with some additional details and comments on the surroundings, people and weather. The itinerary includes Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire (f. 1), Dinas Mawddwy (f. 2 recto-verso), Barmouth (f. 3) and Harlech (f. 3 recto-verso), Merionethshire, and Beddgelert, Caernarvonshire (f. 3 verso). For a transcript of the list see Colin Harrison, John Malchair of Oxford: Artist and Musician (Oxford, 1998), pp. 150-152.

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Acquisition Information

Ms Liz Fleming-Williams (daughter of Ian Fleming-Williams); Llandrindod; Donation; February 2011; 006085230.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 24017D.

Archivist's Note

May 2011.

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

Formerly owned by the art historian Ian Fleming-Williams (d. 1998).

Related Material

Of the fifty-one drawings listed in the manuscript some thirty-four are known to be extant, including nine at the National Library of Wales (PA8355-9, PG2044-5, 2048, 2050; see Harrison, p. 152); a 1795 sketchbook of drawings by Malchair of Welsh subjects is in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.

Bibliography

Colin Harrison, John Malchair of Oxford: Artist and Musician (Oxford, 1998).

Additional Information

Published

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales