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  • This watercolour features Plas Mawr, Conwy, one of the finest surviving town houses of the Elizabethan era to be found anywhere in the British Isles.
'Street view in Conway' by Wilhelmina Mary Martin, 19th century (watercolour)
  • A pupil of Julius Caeser Ibbetson, Alexander accompanied the embassy of Earl Macartney to China in 1792. His views of the Emperor's gardens in Peking and similar scenic curiosities attracted enormous interest at the Royal Academy exhibitions in the 1790s. In his later years he made numerous landscape watercolours and drawings of antiquities. Plas Mawr, one of the best preserved Elizabethan town houses in Britain was built for Robert Wynn between 1576 and 1585. It was visited by Alexander in 1802 whilst on tour through North Wales. By that time the town house was a series of tenements. The house has recently been conserved and restored as Wynn's Elizabethan Town House and reopened to the public by CADW, the agency entrusted with preserving the built heritage in Wales. Text by: Department of Art, National Museums & Galleries of Wales
'Plas Mawr, Conway' by William Alexander, 1802
  • Plas mawr is one of the best preserved Elizabethan townhouses in Britain. It was built by Robert Wynn between 1576 and 1585 and reflects his great wealth. This image shows the laying of the path in the upper courtyard during renovation work by Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments.
Plas Mawr, Conwy, during conservation work [image 1 of 5]
The Gatehouse, Plas Mawr, Conwy
  • This drawing by Arthur Baker is taken from a book published in 1888 which includes illustrations and descriptions of Plas Mawr, Conwy. Plas Mawr was built between 1576 and 1585 for the Welsh merchant Robert Wynn. The striking Elizabethan townhouse is regarded as one of the finest surviving examples of its type. The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art (est. 1882) was housed in Plas Mawr for over a century. Plas Mawr was renovated by Cadw in 1993-7 before being opened to the public.
Arthur Baker, 'Plas Mawr, Conway' (London, 1888), Plate 1 [image 1 of 5]
Plas Mawr during conservation work [image 2 of 5]