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Swansea circa 1852 (print)
Hughes, David (Mr) (Trained as an art teacher but did not follow the profession instead working as a commercial artist and designer. Initially worked for Monmouthshire Board Mills (paper and card manufacturers), Newport, designing packaging, then worked on advertisements and displays for Davies Brothers, builders’ merchants, Newport until the marketing department was disbanded when the firm was acquired by Blue Circle Cement in 1987, when he turned freelance. Subsequently he undertook a wide range of illustration and sign writing, concentrating on pre-print design work. He always had an interest in railways and for many years volunteered on the Dean Forest Railway as a signalman, and when the preservation line grew, was commissioned to provide much of its advertisements and marketing material.)
Print of a pen and ink drawing showing an aerial view of Swansea as it might have been in about 1852. Hand coloured by artist.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2016.8/3
Creation/Production
Hughes, David (Mr)
Date: 1990
Acquisition
Donation, 19/1/2016
Measurements
Length
(mm): 297
Width
(mm): 424
Techniques
print
Material
paper
Location
In store
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