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  • Thomas Jones (1742-1803), landscape painter, was born in the parish of Cefnllys, Radnorshire, but is usually associated with the mansion of Pencerrig, Llanelwedd, in the same county, where he was brought up. Intended by his parents to take Holy Orders, he was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, but left in 1761 to devote himself to painting. He went to London, initially to train under Shipley at the Royal Academy, and finally with the renowned Welsh painter Richard Wilson. His career progressed successfully for ten years, during which time he painted mainly landscapes - including several (as is shown here) of the landscape around Pencerrig. In 1776, Thomas Jones went to Italy and the paintings he produced in Rome and Naples, of buildings which were in view from his residence, have now become recognised as outstandingly original, being a century ahead of their time. Thomas Jones had a great influence on such painters as Corot and thus on the French Impressionists. Indeed, he is now recognised by art historians as being of major importance in the development of the European art tradition. In 1783 he returned to Britain and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy. When his elder brother died, Thomas inherited Pencerrig, where he lived with his Danish wife and two daughters until he died in 1803.
'Oak Tree at Pencerrig' by Thomas Jones, 1795 (watercolour)
  • Watercolour of an unidentified Welsh castle, painted by Joseph Murray Ince in 1826. Joseph Murray Ince (1806-1859) is a painter of international renown and is best-known for his watercolour landscapes. Although born in London, he moved to Presteigne during early childhood and appears to have retained addresses in both London and Presteigne for most of his life. He first exhibited his landscapes of Wales and of Herefordshire at the Royal Academy at the age of only 19.
Watercolour of unidentified castle by Joseph Murray Ince, 1826
  • Beaker-type stone axe dating from the early Bronze Age. The stone is spotted blue Dolerite. It was found between two upright stones at the centre of a round cairn at Clap-yr-Arian, Llansanffraid Cwmteuddwr, near Rhayader.
Clap-yr-Arian Bronze Age axe
  • Cast and lathe-finished bronze bell. It would originally have had an iron clapper. The sound made by the bell is not very musical. This is an unusually large Roman bell (98mm diameter, 70mm height).
Bronze bell from Castell Collen Roman fort, Llanyre
  • This escutcheon is decorated with a female face. It would have been soldered to the sides of a metal bowl. It has a hollow back and a five-lobed plate.
Escutcheon from Castell Collen Roman fort, Llanyre
  • Open-work bronze scabbard-chape. On the back there is a plain sub-triangular piercing, but on the front there is a more elaborate opening with a slight raised border accompanied on the top by a number of small triangular beds for missing enamel. Also preserved is a fragment of one of the two wooden plates or stiffeners, which would originally have been covered in leather. The scabbard decoration is in the form of a dolphin. It would have formed a loop on the protective sheath for a sword. Source: George C. Boon, 'Finds from Castell Collen Roman Fort 1911-13', Radnorshire Society Transactions (1973).
Scabbard decoration and bronze tip of a scabbard from Castell Collen Roman fort, Llanyre