Welsh costumes / J.C. Rowland del. ; W. Banks Sc. – Antique Wall Art
![Welsh costumes / J.C. Rowland del. ; W. Banks Sc., [Chester & Bangor : T. Catherall, 185-?] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c3/c31ddcd7d8b4-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Welsh costumes / J.C. Rowland del. ; W. Banks Sc.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Welsh costumes / J.C. Rowland del. ; W. Banks Sc.
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This engraving closes a guidebook, *Views of Llandudno and its neighbourhood*, published in Chester and Bangor in the 1850s, and it was drawn by J.C. Rowland and engraved by W. Banks. Llandudno, on the north Wales coast, was then growing into a fashionable seaside resort, and publishers issued illustrated volumes like this one to describe the scenery and local people to visitors. Plates of "Welsh costumes" were a familiar feature of such books. Rural Welsh women's dress, with its shawls and tall hats, was often portrayed as a picturesque emblem of the region, so the plate reflects both local custom and the tastes of tourists.
| Created / published | [Chester & Bangor : T. Catherall, 185-?] |
|---|---|
| Genre | Book illustrations 1850-1860.Engravings 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Views of Llandudno and its neighbourhood. [Chester & Bangor : T. Catherall, 185-?], last plate in vol. |
| Subjects | Welsh--Clothing & dress--1850-1860. Clothing & dress--Wales--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,211 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-188811 |
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