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Extracts from manuscript copy of Alexander Cordell's 'Rape of the Fair Country' [image 1 of 8]
  • This coloured engraving of Rhuddlan castle by Moses Griffith appears on the frontispiece of the volume, 'A Journey to Snowdon' by Thomas Pennant (1781). The volume formed part of the series 'A Tour in Wales'. Ten large extra-illustrated copies of the volume 'A Journey to Snowdon' were printed and this copy is one of the three which are known to have survived. The volume features a number of coloured engravings by Moses Griffith (1747-1819) and additional watercolours by J. Harris (d.1834).
Thomas Pennant, 'The Journey to Snowdon' (London, 1781), frontispiece [image 1 of 22]
  • The curved back chair in this image is known as 'cader Jaci Penrhiw' as it once belonged to D. J. Williams and his family, the writer who immortalized the village of Rhydcymerau, Carmarthenshire in his book, 'Hen Dy Ffarm' (1953). He is said to have used this chair at the table during mealtimes. D. J. Williams (1885-1970), was born in Rhydcymerau, Carmarthenshire. He was one of the founding members of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru (the Welsh Nationalist Party, est. 1925) and along with Saunders Lewis and Lewis Valentine, took part in the symbolic act of setting fire to the bombing school at Penyberth, on the Llyn Peninsula, in 1936.
'Cader Jaci Penrhiw': chair from Rhydcymerau, 19th century
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles. Jack Jones (1884-1970) was a native of Merthyr Tydfil. He began writing during the 1920s and published his first novel 'Black Parade' in 1935. This was soon followed by 'Rhondda Roundabout' (1934), 'Bidden to the Feast' (1938) and 'Off to Philadelphia in the Morning' (1947) among others. He published his autobiography in three parts, 'Unfinished Journey' (1937), 'Me and Mine' (1948) and 'Give me back my Heart' (1950). He also wrote three plays and a biography of David Lloyd George, 'The Man David' (1944).
Jack Jones (1884-1970), author, by the river Taff, 1 June 1951
  • The novelist Kate Roberts (1891-1985) is seen addressing the audience. Photographed by Geoff Charles.
Kate Roberts addressing a soirée at Llewenni, 13 February 1953
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles. The poet and author T. Llew Jones (1915-) was born in Pentre-cwrt, near Llandysul, and worked as a teacher before become a full-time writer. He won the chair at the National Eisteddfod in 1958 and 1959. He is the author of over fifty books, and is best-known as a writer of Welsh-language children's books, both prose and fiction. Many of his most popular novels are based on historical characters and events and include, 'Corn, Pistol a Chwip' (1969), 'Barti Ddu' (1973), 'Un Noson Dywyll' (1973), 'Tân ar y Comin' (1975) and 'Lleuad yn Olau' (1989).
T. Llew Jones winning the Lewis' shop Eisteddfod chair, Liverpool, 9 June 1950