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Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1850]-[c. 1860] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 album (46 photographs) 72 portfolios (many leaves blank): salt prints; 120 x 97 mm.
Bound in dark blue leather with gold leaf pattern on front, back and spine. Reads 'Album' on the spine.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bernard Quaritch Ltd; London,; Purchase; February 2007004455920
Content and structure area
Scope and content
46 photographs, 22 loose, in a small album. The photographs are individually mounted on pages of different pastel colours. Some photographs are cut into oval shape, others are oblong with trimmed corners. Most are small still life arrangements of flowers. Others show toys, family members, friends and animals. There is no indication on the blank folios or the reverse of the loose photographs that they were ever fixed into the album. Digital version of the album described in greater detail.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Original order. Arrangement as on arrival in NLW.
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Conditions governing access
Readers are requested to view the digitised album where possible. This is available on the Library's website - https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/photographs/mary-dillwyns-llysdinam-album
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
[graphic] :
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Online version available on the Library's website https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/photographs/mary-dillwyns-llysdinam-album
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Notes area
Note
Photographs taken by Mary Dillwyn and possibly others.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English