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William Harwood

History of William Harwood William Harwood was born in Stalybridge and brought up in nearby Dukinfield. The family lived at 29 Kay Street for over twenty years. Harwood and his three sisters were…  

Julian Sheppard Collection

Julian Sheppard is a Cardiff based photographer who studied at Guildford School of Photography. In 1967 he was first commissioned by the Welsh Arts Council to take portraits of the leading lights…  

Ancient Egypt

With the arrival of tour parties organised by Thomas Cook in the early 1860s and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 interest in Ancient Egypt surged. Suddenly photographs of temples, statues and…  

Photographs of transport

Since the earliest days of photography modes of transport have been a topic to inspire photographers. Early transport Some of the earliest photographs taken in Wales were of sailing ships at…  

Kerry characters

John Wilkes Poundley John Wilkes Poundley (1873-1932) was one of the last in the line of one of the old families of Montgomeryshire. Family tradition stated that the family accompanied Lord Clive…  

The Postcard Collection

The National Library has some 15,000 postcards of Welsh interest in the National Collection of Welsh Photographs. Most of these are topographical and are arranged by county. Other categories…  

The D C Harries Collection

A hundred years ago every town had at least one high street photographer. D C Harries was one such photographer in Llandeilo. Later he opened studios in Ammanford and Llandovery. He started his…  

Exhibition

'Philip Jones Griffiths: A Welsh Focus on War and Peace' Exhibition A Welsh Focus on War and Peace, a joint exhibition between the National Library of Wales and the Philip Jones Griffiths…  

Career

Vietnam war Assignments in Africa, Alaska and throughout Europe soon followed, and soon after becoming a full-time photographer, and after becoming an Associate member of Magnum Photo Agency,…  

Tour of Hafod

Reference: NLW BV2202F The fifteen views mentioned in the title of this book, and which form its centrepiece, were produced by J. C. Stadler (fl.1780-1812) from original watercolour drawings by…  

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