Ardal dynodi
Cod cyfeirnod
Teitl
Dyddiad(au)
- [?1799] (Creation)
Lefel y disgrifiad
Ffeil
Maint a chyfrwng
141 ff. (original pagination 1-51, 1-93, 1-115; f. 135 verso to end blank) ; c. 220 x 190 mm.
Guarded and bound in full vellum; gold tooling on spine; 'TOUR THROUGH WALES' (in gold on spine).
Ardal cyd-destun
Hanes archifol
Bookplate of Evelyn Philip Shirley inside front cover; sold at the Sotheby's auction as part of the property of Lt-Col. Evelyn Shirley, Atington [sic] Park.
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Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 343; 29 April 1947
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A volume containing a fair copy, [?1799] (watermarks 1794, 1796, 1798), of a journal of a tour through parts of England and Wales, August-September 1797, describing in particular country houses and other sites visited, road conditions and scenery.
Departing from London on 17 August, the itinerary included Oxford (ff. 8 verso-28 verso), Cheltenham, Gloucester and Worcester (ff. 37-51), Coalbrookdale (ff. 56 verso-58 verso), Shrewsbury (ff. 60-65), Welshpool (ff. 65 verso-69), Llangollen (ff. 73 verso-80), Corwen, Bala, Dolgellau and Barmouth (ff. 80 verso-89 verso), Aberystwyth and the vicinity (ff. 90-95 verso), Kington (f. 98 verso), Herefordshire (ff. 99-103), the lower Wye Valley from Hereford to Chepstow (ff. 103-113), and various houses in Wiltshire (ff. 114-134 verso). Included in the journal are descriptions of William Herschel's telescope at Slough (ff. 6-7 verso), various Oxford Colleges (ff. 9-27 verso), Chirk Castle (ff. 70 verso-72), Valle Crucis Abbey (ff. 78-79 verso) and the Hafod Estate, Cardiganshire (ff. 92-94 verso). The descriptions of Blenheim Palace (ff. 30-35 verso), Attingham House, Shropshire (ff. 63-64 verso), Stourhead (ff. 114 verso-120 verso), Fonthill (ff. 120 verso-124), Wardour Castle (ff. 124-127 verso) and Longford Castle (ff. 128-131), all Wiltshire, include lists of the paintings housed there. A note and partial list of contents, April 1872, by Ev[elyn] Ph[ilip] Shirley is on f. i.
Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu
Croniadau
System o drefniant
Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd
Amodau rheoli mynediad
Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu
Iaith y deunydd
Sgript o ddeunydd
Nodiadau iaith a sgript
English.
Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol
Page edges trimmed by binder with some loss of text and pagination; covers warped.
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Ardal deunyddiau perthynol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau
Text
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Ardal nodiadau
Nodiadau
Title based on contents.
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Formerly Ettington Manuscript Library No. 63.
Nodiadau
Dated on the basis of references to hostilities with France (ff. 3 verso-4) and to the purchase (in 1799), by the Fonthill estate, of two Claude Lorrain paintings (ff. 122 verso-123).
Nodiadau
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16133C.
Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill
Virtua system control number
Pwyntiau mynediad
Pwyntiau mynediad pwnc
- Oxford (England) -- Description and travel
- Welsh Borders (England and Wales) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
- Wales, Mid -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Wiltshire (England) -- Description and travel.
- Wales, North -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
- Hafod Estate (Ceredigion, Wales)
- Wye, River, Valley (Wales and England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Pwyntiau mynediad lleoedd
Pwyntiau mynediad Enw
- University of Oxford. (Pwnc)
- Blenheim Palace (England) (Pwnc)
- Chirk Castle (Wales) (Pwnc)
- Valle Crucis Abbey (Wales) (Pwnc)
- Attingham Park (House : Shropshire, England) (Pwnc)
- Stourhead (England) (Pwnc)
- Fonthill Splendens (Wiltshire, England) (Pwnc)
- Wardour Castle (Wiltshire, England) (Pwnc)
- Longford Castle (Wiltshire, England) (Pwnc)
- Herschel, William, 1738-1822. (Pwnc)
- Shirley, Evelyn Philip, 1812-1882 (Pwnc)
Pwyntiau mynediad Genre
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Dynodwr disgrifiad
Dynodwr sefydliad
Rheolau a/neu confensiynau a ddefnyddiwyd
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Statws
Lefel manylder disgrifiad
Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead
November 2007 and July 2014.
Iaith(ieithoedd)
- Saesneg
Sgript(iau)
Ffynonellau
Nodyn yr archifydd
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;