Bronze Age Gold from Wales

In Three Cliffs Bay (photograph)

Llewelyn, John Dillwyn (Photographer)

Salted paper print, from Collodion glass negative 86.31I/394. Cliffs with pool in the foreground and female figure near cliff face.

Three Cliffs Bay on the south Gower coast is famed for its beauty. It is a short distance from Caswell Bay, where the Dillwyn Llewelyn family had a seaside house. This beautifully composed image contrasts the smooth water and sand with the rough rocks around. A solitary female figure (almost certainly one of the family) stands at the side of the composition and gives scale. (Source: 'Pastures Green and Dark Satanic Mills: The British Passion for Landscape', 2015)

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

80.9I/68

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Three Cliffs Bay

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 19/04/1854

Acquisition

donation, 11/2/1980

Measurements

Length (mm): 225
Width (mm): 197

Techniques

Salted paper print
Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph

Material

Paper

Classification

topography landscape
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