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  • Thomas Martyn and his family leave Caerphilly and pass an iron works belonging to Messrs Crawshay and Co. They then proceed to view Pontypridd bridge.
A Tour to South Wales, 1801, page 70
  • Rose Harriette was the eldest daughter of Robert Thompson Crawshay, the Merthyr Tydfil ironmaster. She was her father's favourite subject for photographs and was often required as a model, washer, cutter and paster of prints. She hated assisting with the washing of the prints as the chemicals involved stained her hands. She hated being the photographers model even more, but felt it her duty to assist her father. 'To bear is to conquer' she wrote in her diary. This shot would have been taken in Robert's photographic studio, at Cyfarthfa Castle.
Rose Harriette Thompson Crawshay
  • This photograph was taken inside Cyfarthfa Castle and shows the Thompson Crawshay family's harp, piano and violincello.
Music Room at Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil
  • A view of Robert's youngest daughter 'Pops' in around 1871 when she was twenty years old.
Henrietta Louise Thompson Crawshay, c. 1871
  • Left to right: Robert Thompson Crawshay, Mrs Sutherland, Rose Hariette Thompson Crawshay, Mr Sutherland, Miss Lestirel.
Group photograph of the Crawshay family
Rose Harriette 'Trotty' Crawshay in costume