UNDER THE SPECIAL PATRONAGE OF H.R,H. THE PRINCE OF WALES
AND OF H.R.H, THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
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ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY OF ART, PLAS MAWR, CON\VAY.
TENTH ANNUAL E:XHIBITION OF WORKS BY H0!'4. MEMBERS, MEMBERS. AND ASSOCIATES.
• UNDER THE SPECI AL PATRONAGE OF H.R.H, TH £ PRINCE OF WALES
ANO OF H.R.H, T HE PRINCESS OF WALES.
ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY OF ART, PLAS MAWR, CONWAY. TENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY HON. MEMBERS, MEMBERS, AND ASSOCIAT ES. ~l)e ~{o!Jal @ambrian J\cabemJi of J\d UNDER HJE ht~IEDJATE PATRONAGE OF H. R. H. THE PRJNCE OF WALES AND OF H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
fionomry Members: Sit· J<'rederick Lei~1tou, Bart .,"P. It A· 1 Sir ,T- E Millais, 13art., R.A. H. StiUJJ' Marks, tt.A. L. Al,un. Tanema., R.A. G. F . Watts, R.A. E. Hume Joues, A.RA. President: Vice-P,·esident : H. CLARENCE WHAITE, R.W.S. E. A. NORBURY, P R£$10£NT MANCHtsT£R ACA0£MY Of" FINE ART. Hononiry joint A rcltitects: A R THUR BAl ...... ---:-.. ·- "" Wlas ~Uamr, HIGH STREET, CONWAY. T his "Great Mansion" was built three centuries ago, by Robert Wynne, ~on of John Wynne, ap Meredith, of Gwydir near Llanrwst, of whom the well-known historian, Sir John \ Vynne, Bart., was nephew. Tbe approach in High Street is through a portico ornamented with the arms of England. Over the doorway and within the portico is the Greek inscription "anexou, apexou," with the Latin "sus ti ne, abstine," (bear, forbear). On the house will also be found the initials I. H. S. X. P. S., with the date, 1585. Ascending from the courtyard is a flight of steps to a terrace which leads through a doorway to a spacious Banqueting I fall, wainscoted and with fixed seats. From the Tower staircase out of this room is a passage leading to the Kitchen with a fine old arched fireplace. Leaving this room is an entrance from Crown Lane, g iving access to the PLAS MAWR.- ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY. 8 9 Court Yard, and by crossing this passage the An Art reference library has been established apartments are reached, in the furthest of which are in connection with Plas Mawr. The Hon. Sec. several initial letters and the date 1577, worked in will be g lad to receive contributions of ancient bas-relief. In a room above, will be found another Welsh literature, books on Art, Art magazines, &c. date, somewhat later than those found on other parts Also Casts, Models, Antique or other Welsh relics. of the house. Above the fire-place are the initials ;, E. R." (Elizabeth Regina). The apartments on the upper story are reached by spiral staircases, Books, Casts, Old E11gravings, &c., have been by which the visitor may also ascend the tower, received from- from which he will obtain a magnificent vfow of the BAKER, A., EsQ., F.R.f.B.A. town, and all the surroundii1g country. The ceilings BANKS, vV. L., EsQ., RC.A., Hon. Sec. & Treasurer. in all the apartments are fancifully decorated with a HARRISON, GEO., ESQ., R.C.A. fretwork in relief, which is interspersed with Crests, HAYES, GEO., ESQ., R.C.A. Coats of Arms, and other ornaments. These are LETHERBROW, T., EsQ. said to have been originally gilded on a green NORBURY, E. A., ESQ., V.P.R.C.A. ground, the various Coats of Arms being emblazon PERRIN, ·A. F., EsQ. (R.C.A.) ed in proper heraldic colours. The woodwork SLOCONCBE, A., ESQ., R.C.A. throughout is massive and durable, being of hard THOMAS, T . H. ESQ., R.C.A. dark-coloured oak, in ke~ping with the general WOOD, ALBERT, ESQ., ]. P. design of the building. The Palace is now in the possession of THE ROY AL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY OF ART, having been leased to them by the present owner-LORD MOSTYN. ~ ounbers. £ s . d. C'uthbert C. Grundy, Esq., R.C.A ... . 50 0 0 ]. R. G. Grundy, Esq., R.C.A . .. . ~> 50 O 0 z -"< '°c::: ;11 tt1 ~nnual $ tt bscribers . "~ ..., ~ i5 .... £ s. d . % z ~ C'l R. Houlg rave, Esq. I 0 ~ I:! W. Rathbone, Esq., M.P. I 0 ; !" ::i:: ]. Roberts, Esq., M. P. I 0 0 ) • > ~ ~ r ..",.> r ~ 1l ""C1 ~ o,ial qi'. ambrian j:lcabemy ~rf 6 X r > gi cl)ools . _o" >(/) i ~ The E lementary and Advanced Classes for the " ~ study of Oil and W ater Colours will meet during > the vVin ter, also the Class fo r the Study of draped ~ models. rJ Application to be made to MR . J. R. FUR NESS, Curator, Plas Mawr, Conway. NOTICE. CATALOGUE. A Deposit of Twenty per Cent. is required to be paid on all works directed to be marked as sold-no work can be No. I ROOM (Banqueting Hall). removed before the close of the Exhibition under any circum stances. The whole of the Purchase Money must be paiJ to the £ s. d. Treasurer before any Picture is removed, and his receipt C. JONES. produced to the Curator as authority for its removal. I Seeking the Shade. {20 0 0 Intending Purchasers must negotiate through the Curator. A. DE BREANSKI. The Red Stai· on the Picture denotes that it is sold. 2 Summer Showers 63 0 0 Unless specially stipulated, the copyright of a ll Pic tures is reserved to the Artist. LEONARD HUGHES 3 Portrait, The Very Rev. Chancellor Canon Hugh Jones A. DE BREANSKI ~2 4 An O ld English Homestead ::> JO 0 o. 1 ROOM. 15 14 No. 1 ROOM. £ s. d. £ s. d . G. SWINFORD WOOD N. PRESCOTT-DAVIES 13 Epitome of Life- 168 0 0 5 An Old Mountain Track nr. Conw11y 30 0 0 An " \.Ye look before and after And pine for what is not." W. J. SLATER 6 Resting 60 0 0 CHISOLM COLE. 14 Just the Day to fill the Creel ro o o F. \V. HAYES 7 A Still Afternoon 15 15 0 HAi\IILTOr--: MARR. 15 Low-tide-Gosforcl Bay 6 6 o F. W. LONGSHA W 8 Spring-time 18 0 0 JAMES TOWERS 16 The Crafnant Pass 100 0 0 J. CLINTON JONES 9 The Market Cart 75 0 0 JOHN TAYLOR 17 An Old Welsh Bridge- A tributary BEN FOWLER of the Conway ro o o 10 Evening Light 6 6 0 BEN FISHER ]. C. SALMON \ 18 February Morning on the Marsh 7 7 O l I Puffin Island 7 7 O HAMILTON MARR HY. MEASHAM 1.2 Portrait Sketch.-" A Reading from 19 The End of the Day D ickens" .1 16 No. 1 ROOM. ~o. r ROOM. £ s. d. £ s. d. PARKER HAGARTY PARKER HAGARTY 20 On Farnham Common, looking to- 28 T he Village on the Moor 6 6 0 wards Windsor 10 IO o BEN FISHER JOSEPH KNIGHT, R.I. 29 Capel Curig Lake 12 0 0 21 Off to the Pond 7 7 ° S. SIDLEY, R.B.A. J. M. SOUTHERN 30 Portrait 22 Trefriw Falls 5 5 o GEO. WELLS JOII.\' TAYLOR 23 Capel Curig 7 7 0 31 Late Evening on a Fesliniog Grouse Moor- Storm Clearing off 80 o o HAMILTON MARR GEO. HARRISO~ 2 4 In the Highlands.-Sunshine after Rain 52 IO o 32 Pont y Bala, nr. Capel Curig 5 0 0 BUCKLEY OUSEY. JOSEPH KNIGHT, R. I. 25 I n lhe Woods- Evening 5 5 ° 33 Anhog Moss 12 0 0 CII.\RLES POTTER PARKER HAGARTY 26 Evening- Talycafn 34 An Old Gravel-pit- Winter 6 6 o J. C. SALMON BEK FISHER 27 Great Orme's H ead 7 7 o 35 Homeward 12 12 0 BANQUETING HALL. 19 r8 No. ROOM. The lfanqueting- Hall is a large old fashioned wainscoted room, thirty feet by twenty by thirteen i,1 height ; - along one £ s. d. side and end are black oak fixed seats, with scroll work rail A. F. PERRIN. and t11rnej S\tpporcs. The magnificent fretwork ceiling with central T11dor roses and the elaborate mouldings and crests 36 At· Dwygyfylchi-Winter 10 0 0 over the capacious fire-place, impress the visitor on first en tering the room, and at once strike him that he is in no ordi A. BERTRAM LOUD nary building. Two or three steps take you past the oak cabinet which stands opposite the door and you are ·within 37 Through the Meadows 15 0 0 the Hall, at lhe further end of which, in the recessed wall, is a large stone mullioned window with diamond pane lattices of G. SWINFORD WOOD vario11s hue, according to age ; on the opposite side of the fire-place a•·e two other windows of the same fascinating des 38 Returning from the Cockle-banks- cription. A border n111s round the room, the oak leaf being the chief ornamentation of the frieze; in the centre, over the Anglesey 25 0 0 fire-place on a shield is the coat of arms of the 'Wynne family (by whom this mansion was built) togetbe,. with the date 1580. J. C. SALMON On the quaint figuros which are intended as supports are the initials R. W. (Robert Wynne). It is curiou~ t'o note the man 39 Estuary of the Conway 25 0 0 ner in which the large blocks of stone which forrn the chimney breast a ,·e dove-tailed together, the side supports being addi N. PRESCOTT-DAVIES tionally strengthened by large blocks being built into the wall, the exposed ends being shaped and carved. The broken 40 "Hero" hearthstone is bound round by the original unpretentious fen der, which is al,so of oak. At some period, a)(e" ago, five or F. W. LONGSHAW six feet was taken off this room for the requirements of the late tenants, and the original solid oak screen, whose massive 41 An April Day I 2 12 0 frame-work, rudely mpuld(!d, stands firm and strong as it did three centuries ago, is partly bid by a lighter constructed F. W. ldAYES oak-panelled screen which is supposed to bave been 1·emo,·ed from the dado of Queen Elizabeth's sitting-room. The 42 At Bettws y Coed 8 8 0 original screen may be seen by stepping into the recess leading to the Secretary's room. The floor also of oak is now sunken and uneven. At the further end of the room is the large banqueting tabJe, on six massive legs, and frame-work of great strength; it is still capable of doing great things in the way of a banquet should opportunity p,.esent itself. Passing through the doorway leading to the staircase and turning to the ri ght we enter the small kitchen. to > z tO No. 2 ROOM (Small Kitchen) . C • til .; £ s. d ...... z N. PRESCOTT-DAVIES. C'l 43 A Midsummer Day Dream 36 15 0 ::r: JOHN JOHNSON r> 44 April Showers, Llyn Crafnant 14 IO 0 !" HAMILTON MARR .,; 45 When the Hours of Day are Numbered 1 5 1 5 o r (J)> BEN FOWLER 46 Lake Scene IO IO 0 JOSEPH KNIGHT, R.l. 47 A Break in the Cloud 35 0 0 F. W. LONGSI-IA\V 48 A Trout Stream at Gyffi:1 25 0 0 22 No. 2 ROOM. No. 2 ROOM. £ $ , d. ;J; s. d. GEO. HAJ~RISON BEN HOYLES 49 A Rocky Path 8 0 0 57 On the Marsh near Dolygarrog 20 0 0 H. SWANWICK B. FISHER 50 Interesting News • 58 Clearing the Plough · 30 0 O J. CLINTON JONES CUTHBERT C. GRUNDY 59 Wet Weather 51 In the Vale of Conway 10 10 0 PARKER HAGARTY E. A. NORBURY 60 Now the Sweet Day is Dead 6 6 0 52 Replying to the Toast 26 5 0 J. CLINTON JONES CHARLES POTTER 61 '' Comrade of experience ripe, 53 Little Red Riding Hood Come-join me in a friendly pipe." 8 8 0 JOHN JOHNSON PETER GHENT 62 " vVhen the balmy breath of Spring 54 Llyn Cowlyd- Stormy 5 5 0 Wakens nature into gladness." I 35 0 0 PARKER HAGARTY CHISOLM COLE 55 Over the Hills and Far Away 6 6 0 63 Spring 25 0 0 W. J. SLATER HY. MEAS HAM 56 Dewberry Gatherers 2·:'> 0 0 64 A Summer· Morning 30 0 0 No. 2 ROOM. No. 2 ROOM. £ s. d. He gaed wi' Jeanie to the trysle, J. D. \VATSON He danced wi' Jeanie on the down; And lang ere witless Je~nie wist, 65 The Comrade's Farewell Her heart was tint, he,· peace was stown. As in the bosom o' the stream HAMILTON MARR The moonbeam dwells at dewy e'en; 66 Near North Berwick 6 6 0 So trembli,1g, pure, was tender love Within the breast o' bonnie Jean. JOHN TAYLOR But did na' Jeanie's heart loup light And did na' joy blink in her e·e, 67 Rustic Anglers 7 0 0 A~ Robie tauld a talc o' Jove Ae c'enin on the lily lea?" JOHN TAYLOR Bonnie Jean, a ballad by ROBERT BURNS, 68 A Tributary to the Conway IO 0 0 £ s. cl. HAMILTOK MARR JOSEPH KNIGHT, R.I. 10 0 69 Cader Idris 31 71 A Bend of the River 12 0 0 GEO. WELLS J. T. WATTS 70 Jennie and Robie 40 0 0 72 Chesnut leaves 12 12 0 "There was a lass and she was fair, At Kirk or l\fa~ket lo be seen, \;I/hen a' the foi,·est maids were met, PETER GHENT The fai,·est maid was bonnie Jean. 73 Golden Gorse and vVincl-blown Trees 150 o 0 Young Robie was the brawest lad, The flower and pride of a' the glen; REGE\'ALD ASPINWALL And he had owsen, sheep, and kye, And wanton naigies nine or ten. 74 Runswick Bay 7 7 o No. 2 ROOM. 27 26 No. 2 ROOM. No. 3 room is reached by passing through the doorway opposite the one we entered. But £ s. d. J. JOHNSON " · · · · · Stoop boys t Stoop!! lhis gate Instructs you how to adore the heavens; and bows you 75 Trefriw Beechwood- Autumn 5 5 O To a morning's holy office : the gates of monarchs _.\.re arched so high that giants may get through And keep their impious tudiands on, without F. \V. LONGSHAW Good-morrow lo the sun.- 76 Winter at T ywyn 1 5 15 0 Stoop boys, - -Stoop!" SH AKESPER I::. GEO. WELLS 77 A Bather 6 6 0 B. S. MARKS 78 Portrait- The Right Rev. the. Lord Bishop of Bangor The most characteristic feature of the small k itchen is the fine stone arch of the huge fire-place, al one end of which in the thickness of the oute,· wall is built a stone oven which is in excellent preservation. The usual kitchen requisiles have long since disappeared with the exception of the spit irons, which may be seen in the w(lSl kitchen, or in a room at the further end of the building. It \vill be noticed that a small portion of the arch at the right hand corner has been worn away with the sharpening of knives. Two stout black oak beams cross the ceiling, from which is su,;pended an old fashioned meat safe. In many isolated farm houses at the present day these old safes are still in use. No. 3 ROOM. 29 ~~~~~~~~~ £ s. cl . F. T. SIBLEY 85 Fir Trees-Arthog Moor, Barmouth 70 o o J. JOHNSON No. 3 ROOM (The Still Room). 86 A Salmon run on the Lledr 25 0 0 £ s. d. ALICK COOPER GEO. HARRISON 87 The Maid and the Magpie 20 0 0 79 In the Vale of Conway 50 0 0 JOHI'\ TAYLOR CHARLES JONES 88 An old Cottage in the Conway Valley 7 o o 80 Evening Glow 120 0 0 HAMILTON MARR F. W. LONGSHAW go Come Ashore 6 6 0 81 A Breezy day 10 IO 0 HAMILTON MARR CHARLES JONES 91 Silver 6 6 0 105 0 0 3 2 Preparing to Camp HAMILTON MARR ROBERT FOWLER, R.I. 92 On the Haddington Coast 6 6 o 83 Study H. MEASHAM HAMILTON MARR 18 18 0 93 Gold 6 6 0 84 Dinner Time I . 30 No. 3 ROOM. No. ROOM. 3 ,)"I £ s. d . £ s. d. S. SIDLEY, R.B.A. F . W. HAYES The Maid of the Mill 70 0 0 102 When 94 the Tide comes in J s rs 0 CLli;ITON JONES J. C. BOYDELL 95 The Evening Meal 30 0 0 103 Springtime-Stratford-on-Avon 27 JO 0 S. J. HODSON, R.W.S. No. 3 room would be fonnedy used by the retainer's 96 Verona 0 in attendance at the side gate leading through the passage (Piazza Erbe) early morning. we have just crossed to the inner Court Yard, which is a beautiful and perfect specimen of the Architecture of the REGINALD ASPINWALL Tudor period-a most interesting reminiscence of bye-gone days. 97 Twilig-ht o'er the Sea 35 0 0 It will be noticed that the substantial oak screen which (Figure by J. D. WATSON, R.W.S.) forms one side of tbis room also forms one side of the passage leading to the further rooms. PETER GHENT On turning to the righl after leaving No. 3 room, at the end of the passage on the right hand is found Queen 98 Trespassers 45 ° 0 Elizabeth's sitting room; the ceiling and walls above the dado (which was originally oak panelled) are rich in decorntive N. PRESCOTT-DAVIES plaste1· work, Coats of Arms, Crests, &c., connected with the 50 0 0 Wynne and other families, through them, associated with 99 The Wave Plas Mawr. Above the fire place are the Royal Arms of England as used in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; the Griffin REGINALD ASPINWALL or Dragon being the supporter of the Lion in the place of the 100 A Haven of Rest-P\>rt. St. Mary T 5 15 0 Unicorn as now used, which came in with lhe Stuart line. The letters E R (Elizabeth Regina) being on either side of the Roya.I Arms, which is surrounded by other Crests and JOHN TAYLOR decorative embeUishments; the portcullis of Henry the VIII. 1or 1n the Conway Valley, from my being conspicuous. 011 either side of the windows the Arms of the \Vynne family occupy the central positions, above garden hedge IO 0 0 I . which are the letters R. W. (Robert \.Vynne)in different designs, No. 3 ROOM. 33 ,0 C! whilst below are the figures 1.5 on one side and 77 on the other side, supposed to be the date when the room was tI1 originally decorale J. R. G. CRur,.;oy No. 4 ROOM (The West Kitchen). 111 Going out with the Tide 31 IO 0 £ s. d. CHARLES JONES GEO. WELLS r r 2 An English Pastoral 100 0 0 104 Fir Trees at Gwydir 60 () 0 The ·west Kitchen fire place is about 9 ft. 6 in. wide by F. W. HAYES 5 ft. deep, and neat: 6 ft. to the underside of the fire arch; Near Rhuddu, l3eddgelert 0 0 built into the walls at either end are what were originally 105 42 stone ovens. The heavy limbers crossing the ceiling, black with .ige, S. LAWSON BOOTH are still perfectly sound. Judging from the style of the window mullions and other Conway Castle 12 12 0 ro6 structural features it may be fairly assumed that this end of Plas Mawr is the oldest portion of the building,- thoug-h it is GEO. HAYES difficult lo determine the date of either portion. Experts in Architecture are however agreed that the mansion was built 107 Conway from Tywyn 5 5 0 in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It may just be pointed out that the window mullions at this F. T. SIBLEY end of the building are rnughly squared on the inside, whilst \ on the outside they are rounded, and fixed slightly within the 108 Llyn Cwm Ffynnon-Snowdon So o o breast of lhe external wall, with projecting, moulded window heads outside. Contrast these with the mullions and window A. BERTRAM LOUD heads at the other end of the building, w\1ere they are found moulded on both sides, and projecting outside the b1·east of 109 Portrait-Charles Jones, Esg., R. C. A. the wall, whilst the window-heads are flush with the wall, No. 4 ROOM. -- and are costructed with mitre ends to prevent the stone giving way above the windows. The door by the Kitchen window opens out into ,the inner Court Y~rd, referred to earlier on. The door in the oak screen, adjoining the one by which we entered the Kitchen, opens i11to a small pantry about 12 ft. square, by 10 ft. in height-a peep in.to it may be obtained through the doorway on the left, just outside the Kitchen. It may be noticed that the fri,.mework of the pantry windows, instead of the usual stone mullion, is made of four inch oak placed cornerways. On stepping out of the Kitchen tum to the right and up the first flight of the fine spiral staircase,- through the doorway, and turn to the left into No. 5, the ·wynne Room. ~~ YARD.- PLAS No. 5 ROOM. 39 1.,· s. d. B. FJSHER r 18 Study 15 0 0 J. M. SOUTHERN No. 5 ROOM (The Wynne Room). 119 The Sulby River- near Ramsay (First Room to the left up the staircase). A. F. PERRIN £ s. d. 120 On the Dolgarrog Stream 3r IO 0 F. W. HAYES G. SWINFORD WOOD r 13 Llyn Gadar, Beddgelert 63 0 0 121 An Anglesey Fisherman's Home 35 0 0 J. M. SOUTHERN JOHN TAYLOR I 14 A Caernarvonshire Moorland 30 0 0 r22 Morn's Sweet Light 16 0 0 LEONARD HUGHES IIS Portrait- J. Herbert Lewis, Esq., M.A. JOHN TAYLOR 123 A fresh in the River- Showery (First Chairman of the Flintshire County Council.) Weather 40 0 0 F. T. SIBLEY CHARLES JONES \ 116 On Art,hog Moor 70 0 0 1 24 On the Kentish Downs 42 0 o A. BERTRAM LOUD CHISOLM COLE 117 'Neath Whispering Trees 60 0 0 r25 \i\Tinter on a Welsh Stream 25 0 0 L No. 5 ROOM. No. 5 ROO M. 41 £ s. d. Pepys allnding to Nonsuch in 1665 says, "All the house B. FOWLER filled with figures of stories"; and Spencer in his lines- "Gold was the 'parget,' and the ceiling bright 126 A Beech Wood- Autumn 30 0 0 Did shine all scaly with great plates of gold," refers to the "illuminated" plaster-work or pargetry. S. MAURICE JONES It was during the troublous times of the Commonwealth 127 A Summer's Day near Caernarvon 12 12 0 that this class of work fell into disuse. The Wynne Room is supposed to have been the bedroom occupied by the Earl of Leicester. Portions of his crest, CHARLES JONES viz., the Boar and the Bear and Ragged Stave, appearing on 128 On the South Coa:;t 42 0 0 the walls and ceiling: the date 1577 being on the corners by the shield over the fire-place in this room. Il is interesting to trace the histo1·y of decorative or Opposite the Wynne Room is No. 6, Queen Elizabeth's modelled plaster work with which Plas Mawr is so rich : at Bedroom. the present day there is no other such perfect speci111er; exist ing in Great Britain. The British Museum shows us that the ancients under stood plaster-modelling. There are still a few ruinous speci mens left to show tbat the Art was practised. in Ancient Greece, and the excavations at Pompeii reveal thal there were adepts at this class of work in the days of its splendour, viz .. one thousand eight hundred y«"ars ago. With the fall of the Roman Empire, this Art became nearly extinct. In the sixteenth century it was introduced into France by Francis I ., and about the same period by Henry VIII, into England; the half~timbered houses of that period being especially adapted to display this class of raised plaster-work. The King employed the most skilful Art workmen during the last ten years of his reign in embell ishing "Nonsuch," of which no relic now remains; being dis mantled during the Parliamentary Wars. ' No. 6 ROOM. 43 £ .$. d. A. W. AYLING r 34 vVhen Autumn scatters its depar ting g leams 50 0 0 No. 6 ROOM (The Queen's Room). C. C. GRUNDY 135 On the Lune 8 8 o "\iVATER COLOURS. £ s . d. A. F. PERRIN GEO. CROZIER 136 Summer on a Welsh Stream 25 0 0 129 Evening in a Deer Forest near Bal- A. W. AYLIJ'\G moral Is Is o 1 37 Crossing the Brook 12 12 0 F. W. LOJ:\GSHAW J. JACKSON CURNOCK. " Marie" 8 8 0 130 138 Autumn. - The Old Road, Capel Curig JOSEPH KNIGHT, R.I. 3 1 10 0 I • 0 0 131 Sandhills ~ GEORGE HAYES 139 Rough Water nr. Trefriw IO O 0 ]. H. C\:>LE 132 A Winter Afternoon 15 0 0 A. W . AYLING 140 Old Farm, Marie 50 0 0 J. JACKSON CURNOCK 1 33 Rocky bed of a Mountain Stream 150 0 0 H. MEASHAJ\l 141 Mussel Gatherers nr. Conway l I O 0 No. 6 ROOM. 44 No. 6 ROOM. 45 £ s. d. £ s. d. J. C. SALMON CUTHBERT GRU!\DY 149 On the Lune 142 The Glyders ,, 15 rs 0 5 5 0 "All in the blue unclouded weather. GEORGE COCKRAM J. CLINTON JONES 150 Morning 6 6 0 143 The Ferry 35 0 0 ]. H. COLE GEO. CROZIER JS 1 Cwm Eigiau 70 0 0 144 A Moorland Mirror 15 15 0 H. CLARENCE WHAITE, P.R.C.A., R.W.S. WALTER SEVERN, r 52 A Rest by the Gate (PRES10ENT DUDLEY GALLERY) 145 Conway Bay from Deganwy 15 0 0 JOSEPH .KNIGHT, R.I. CHARLES POTTER 153 Fading Light IO O O 146 Scene from " Adam Bede," chap. H. CLARENCE WHAITE, P.R.C.A., R.W.S. xxv1.-Theyoung·Squire and Het 154 Penmaen Bach, from the Great ty Sorrel Orme's Head HY. MEAtSHAM J. CUNTON JONES 147 Little Dainties 12 0 0 r 55 Gian Conway 35 0 0 GEO. CROZIER 148 Sheepwashing under Carne1cl Llew- GEO. COCKRAM 156 Evening elyn 47 5 ° 6 6 0 No. 6 ROOM. £ s. d. HAROLD SWAN WICK 157 Harrowing 8 8 0 J. C. SALMON 15 iS 0 r58 View inside Comvay Castle No 7 ROOM (The Reception Room). Tbis room is supposed to have been used by Queen Elizabeth. It is not known what has become of the original £ s. d. furniture of Plas Mawr; but the bedstead which was used by JOHN JOHNSON the Qucerris now at Gloddaetb, nr. Llandudno. This room, 1 A Spring Morning- Trefriw same as the others, has been stripped of lhe oak-panelled 59 7 7 0 dado. Above the fire place a,·e the Arms of Robert Wynne, with the initials R G, most p,·obably Robert of Gwydir, as J. H. COLE the \Vynne family resided at Gwydir Castle, near Llanrwst, 160 A Westerly Wind before Plas Mawr was built. TJie letters R G and J G are 25 0 0 also on each siele of the centre windows, which can be ,·ead as before Robert and John of Gwydi,·. CHARLES POTT ER It will be noticed that 1.:ach ceiling in Plas Mawr is different in design, each one being very beautiful. Amongst 161 A Green Lane-Caerbun the animals and birds on this ceiling and walls are the griffin, the owl, the stork, lions, and lions' faces, the heads of deer CHARLES POTTER with antlers, eaglets, stags, Fleur-de-Lys, Saracens' heads, boars, unicorn, dragons, swa•i~, a dove just about to sellle 162 Snowstorm. - Old Smithy, Tai y on a branch; also Tudor roses ancl.other ornaments. bont The oak screen is almost a repetition of the one already described in the Queen's Sitting Room. Leaving· this room, turn to the left, and you at once enter the Drawing or Reception Room. ]. H. COLE 163 A Gray Day on the Coast r2 0 0 No. 7 ROOM. No. 7 ROOM. 49 s. d. £ £ s. d. GEORGE CROZIER GEORGE COCKRAM 164 October Ploughing 18 18 0 172 At Ebb-tide 7 7 0 J. JACKSON CURNOCK C. BOYDELL 165 On the Moo'rs- nr. Festiniog N. W. 15 15 o, 173 Showery Weather on a \rVeish Moor 9 IO 0 .GEORGE COCKRAM ROBERT FOWLER, R.I. 166 The Cottage midst the Sandhills 35 0 0, 174 "Oh, weep for Adonis,-he is dead!" CUTHBERT GRUNDY JQSEPH KNIGHT, R.I. 1 167 After a Wet Day 5 5 O· 75 Across the Common-Evening 20 0 0 JAS. TOWERS J. T. WATTS. 176 168 Haytirne-St.oreton, Cheshire IO 10 o, " The approach of Spring. " 12 12 0 ]. H. COLE. S. MAURICE JONES. 177 A Misty Morning-Deganwy shore 169 Trefriw 5 s 0 8 0 0 W. D. BARKER ]. JACKSO~ CURNOCK. 178 The Ogwen River, nr. Bethesda 170 A Field-path, near Trefriw 5 0 O• 15 15 0 W. D. BARKER A. F. PERRIN. 171 Melin y Coed 20 0 0 1 79 Winter on Bryn Gwylan 12 12 0 No. 7 ROOM: 51 50 No. 7 ROOM. ·~~~~~~~~~ £ s. d. £ s. d. HAROLD SWANWlCK GEO. HARRISON. 188 A Rest 21 0 0 180 The Pass of•Llanberis 21 0 0 CHARLES POTTER HAROLD SWANWICK. 189 In Talybont Wood 181 "The End of the Day." 8 8 o H. CLARENCE WHAITE, P.R.C.A., R.W.S. J. PAIN DAVIS. 190 Cambrian Shepherds 182 The Mi11er's Path 15 0 0 GEORGE COCKRAM PETER GHENT 191 An old Welsh Cottage IO IO 0 183 Tai y cafn Ferry IO IO 0 J. H. COLE H . CLARENCE WHAITE, P.R.C.A., R.W.S. 192 On the Coast near Holyhead 8 0 184 A Snow-covered Lake-North Wales. 0 GEORGE COCKRAM ]. H. COLE Across the Common 185 The Marie Hill 6 6 o 193 6 0 0 GEORGE tOCKRAM JOSEPH KN"IGHT, R.I. 1 Near Elsie Lake 186 "When the Wind bloweth in from 94 rs 0 0 the Sea." 6 6 0 GEO. CROZIER W. LAURENCE BANKS 1 95 An Upland Harvest 30 0 0 187 On the Rocks near Amlwch IO O 0 52 No. 7 ROOM. No. 7 ROOM. 53 £ s. d. £ s. d. R. ASPINWALL J. T . WATTS 196 A Misty Morntng-Isle of Man 6 6 o 204 Whitby- Gray· Morning 12 12 0 A. W. AYLING ARTHUR BAKER. F.R.J.B.A. 205 Judith 25 0 0 197 Whitby Abbey 5 :, 0 PETER GHENT. S. J. HODSON, R.W.S. 206 Ann Hathaway's Cottage, nr. Strat 198 Venice from the Lagoon 21 0 0 ford-on~A von 35 0 0 PETER GHENT H . CLARENCE WHAITE, P.R.C.A., R.W.$, 199 Golden Grain 13 0 0 ~07 Rhuddlan Castle J.C. SALMON E. BURNE-JONES, A.R.A., R.W.S., H.R.C.A. 200 The Treffaen ro 10 o 208 St George and the Dragon A. W. AYLING (Lent by His Worship the Mayor of Conway -201 Dolly Albert Wood, Esq., J.P.) ' I GEORGE COCKRAM J. CLINTON JONES 1 .202 Ogwen Bridge, Nant Frangcon 55 0 0 209 Talybont Mi ll 15 0 0 B. HOYLES J. C. SALMON Near Llandudno 203 Moel Si.J.bod 1 2 0 0 6 6 0 54 No. 7 ROOM. No. 7 ROOM. 55 £ s. d. CUTHBERT GRUNDY £ s. d. ] . C. SALMON 211 A Hot Day on the Manx Coast 8 8 0 219 The Outlet of Idwal--Snow ·storm 30 0 0 N. PRESCOTT DAVIES W. LAURENCE BANKS 212 All Hands to the Pump 15 15 0 220 Radnor Forest, from Kington, R. ASPINWALL Herefordshire 10 o o 213 A Fresh in the River 30 0 0 The reception room is neady 40 ft. by 20 ft. by 11 ft. in height, with a recess in the wall opposite the fire place about ROBERT FOWLER, R.I. 8 ft. square; there are indications that this recess was an addition after the house was built. A new floor had to be 214 Merlin and Vivian laid in this room in 1888, but the old fixed seats remain, anci are in the same charming style as described it1. the Banqueting H . CLARENCE WHAITE, P.R.C.A., R. W.S. Hall. Two of the original tables are also in this .-oom. The initials on the walls and ceiling are repetitions of what has 215 Sunrise--Cri b Goch under Snow been previously described. It will be noticed that all the fine fire places in the house, are different in design. The fine geometrical ceiling of this room must have had N. PRESCOTT DAVIES an imposing appearance in the early days of Plas Mawr. 216 It was in this room that the Queen of Ro_umania took Maisie 15 I 5 0 afternoon tea on the 11th of September, ,Sgo. Leaving this room by the door opposite to the one we A. W. AYLING enter, we pass underneath a secret chamber or hiding place, built in the thickness of the wall atljoining the breast 217 Primrose Day 3 0 0 of the chimney which runs up from the small kitchen; this was used during the turbulous times of the Reformation for the concealment of proscribed persons. J. JACKSON CURNOCK Passing underneath this place of concealment and ascend ,218 In Stony Places near Festiniog 52 IO 0 ing the five steps to the left, and keeping again to the left we come to No. 8, the Lanto?m ·Room. No. 8 ROOM. 57 £ s. d. HAMILTON MARR 226 A Quiet Pool ALFRED SLOCOMBE. No. 8 ROOM (The Lantern Room). 227 Old College, Conway, 1866, ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY A. F. PERRIN 221 Autumn 12 12 0 ART UNION ETCHING, FOR 1892, "The restle~s wandering tenant~ of the sty, (FOR PARTICULARS SEE NOTICE ON COVER). • From oak to oak they nlll with eager haste... Artists' proofs, on Vellum-signed £1 o each. JOHN JOHNSON HAM ILTON MARR. 222 Sychnant Pass, near Conway IO IO 0 228 The Rookery ARTHUR BAKER, F.R.I.B.A. ARTHUR BAKER, F.R.I.B.A. 223 Design for Municipal Buildings 229 Premiated design for Municipal Oswestry Buildings, Rochester ALFRED SJ,OCOMBE ALFRED SLOCOMBE- 224 Rheinfels on the Rhine · 10 IO 0 230 Rhuddlan Castle 10 10 0 ROBERT GRIERSON (ARCHITECT) ALFRED SLOCOMBE. 225 Houses near Conway 231 Conway from above Tywyn 5 5 o == ...... No. 8 ROOM. No. 8 ROOM. 59 £ s. d. ------ARTHUR BAKER, F.R.I.B.A. £ s. d. 2 32 Gwysaney, Mold,- as r GEO. HAYES. JOHN JOHNSON. 5 0 0 242 A Welsh Lane- Early Spring 2 34 The Devil's Bridge 7 7 o J. H. COLE. E. A, NORBURY. 235 Summer 15 0 0 243 The Mussel Boat 20 o o PETER GHENT. ARTHUR BAKER, F. R.I.B.A. 236 In time of Harvest 30 0 0 244 Aisle of Chichester Cathedral 5 5 o W. D. BARKER. CUTHBERT GRUNDY. 237 Llyn Crafnant 45 0 0 245 Henry Irving as Louis X I J. JACKSON f:URNOCK. J. PAIN DAVIS. 31 10 0 238 At Festiniog, North Wales 246 On the Coast 5 5 o A. W. AYLING. S. MAURICE JONES. 239 Rhosneigr 8 8 0 247 Caernarvon !Harbour 6 6 0 ' 60 No. 8 ROOM. No. 8 ROOM. 61 £ s. d. the Royal Cambrian Academy, where there a re fine casts, A. W. AYLING. models, and a series of beautiful etching-s on the walls. 248 W inter Above the door will be noticed a specimen of the original 5 5 0 watling work, showing clearly how the partition walls were formerly constrncted ; it has been protected with glass. B. FOWLER. Descending the five stairs and ascending the old spiral staircase opposite, the lookout tower is reached, from which 249 On the Dee, nr. Corwen 21 0 0 cham1ing- views of the surrounding country may be obtained, then, by following the staircase to the bottom, No. 1 GEO. CROZIER. room is again reached. 250 The margin of the Sea, Llanfairfechan 16 16 0 A. W. AYLING. J n Plas Mawr there are 365 windows, 52 251 Spring- 5 5 0 doors, and 52 steps up the tower. B. HOYLES. 252 Old Mill, Nr. Llansantffraid 12 0 0 Tbe Lantern Room is so called because of the old lantern in the far . right hand corner, as you enter t~e r Breanski A. de, 19, F itzroy Square, London, 2, 4. Burne-Jones, E., A.R.A., R.W.S., H.R.C.A., 208. C~ckram, George, Marle View, nr. Conway, 150, INDEX TO EXHIBITORS. 156, r66, r72, 185, r86, 191, 202. Cole, J . H., Church House, Llanbedr, N. W., 132, Ayling, A. W., Talsarn Farm, Conway, 134, 137, 151, 160, 163, 177, 192, 193, 235. 140, 201, 205, 217, 239, 248, 251. Cole, Chisholm, Church House, Llanbedr, N. W., 14, 63, 125. Aspinwall, R., c/o Mr. E. P. Milne, Castle Hill, Lancaster, 74, 97, mo, 196, 2r3. Cooper, Alick, ro3, Gower Street, London, 87. Baker, Arthur, F.R.I.B.A., 21, Lower Phillimore Crozier, Geo., Plas Mawr, Conway, 129, 144, 148, Place, London, and Arvonia Buildings, Bangor, 164, 195, 250. 197, 223, 229, 232, 244. Curnock, J. Jackson (Deceased), 133, r38, r65, 178, Banks, W. Laurence, Bryn Hyfryd, Conway, 187, 218, 238. 220. Davis, J. Pain, Roualyn, Trefriw, 182, 246. Barker, vV. D. (Decease~), .170, 171, 237. Fisher, B., Bodafon, Roe vVen, Conway, 18, 21, Booth, S. Lawson, 56, Roe Lane, Southport, 1o6. , 35, 50, l 18. Boydell, C., 10, Scottish Chambers, Castle Street, Fowler, B., Glandw(, Trefriw, ro, 46, 11 o, 126, Liverpool, 103, 173. 249. INDEX TO EXHIBITORS. 65 64 INDEX TO EXHIBITORS. H ughes, Leonard, Greenfield, Holywell, 3, 115. Fowler, Robt., R. I., ro, South Castle Street, Johnson, John, Fern Hill, Trefriw, N.W., 44, 54, Liverpool, 83, 174, 214. 75, 86, 159, 222, 242. Ghent, Peter, Bryn Dulyn, Llanbedr, Conway, 62, Jones, Charles, Heathercroft, Balham Hill, London, 73, 98, r83, i 99, 206, 236. 1 1 80, 82, I 12 1 124, 128. Grierson, R., Architect, Bangor, 225. Jones, J. Clinton, Llanbedr, Conway, 91 51, 61, 95, Grundy, Cuthbert C., South Shore, Blackpool, 59, I 43, l 55, 2 09• 135, 149,167,211, 245. Jones, S. Maurice, r8, Scgontium Terrace, Carnar Grundy, J. R. G., South Shore, Blackpool, 111. von, 127, 169, 241, 247. Hagarty, Parker, 26, Castle Street, Cardiff, 20, 28, Knight, Joseph, R. I., Macsdola House, Llanrhos, 34, 55, 6o. N.W., 29, 33, 47, 71, 131, 153, 175, 194· Harrison, Geo., Min-Afon, Bettws-y-Coed, 32, 49, Langshaw, F. W., Deganwy, 8, 41, 48, 76, 81, 130 . • 79, 18o, 240. Loud, A. Bertram, H eathercroft, Bal ham Hill, Hayes, Geo., Gian Conway, 107, 139, 234. London, 37, r09, 117. Hayes, F. W., ,2, Westcroft Square, London, Marks, B. S., Cambridge Lodge Studios, 42, Linden w., 7, 42, 102, 105, I 1~- Gardens, Bayswater, ~-, 78. Hodson, S. J., R.W.S., 7, Hillmartin Road, Camden Marr, Hamilton, The Terets, Kingswood, Hockley Road, N., 96, 1g8. Heath, Warwickshire, 15, 19, 24, 45, 66, 6g, 2 90, 91, 92, 93, 226, 228. Hoyles, B., Talybont, Conway, 57, 203, 233, 25 • INDEX TO EXHIBITORS. 66 INDEX TO EXHIBITORS. ---- Sibley, F. T ., 3, Garden Studios, Mauresa Road, Measham, H., 26, King Street, Manchester, 12, 64, Chelsea, S. \IV., 85, 108, 116. 84. 141, 147. Slater, W . ]., Deganwy, N.W., 6, s6. Norbury, E. A., 5, Deane Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, Slocombe, A., Cumberland House, West Hampstead, 52, 243. 224, 227, 230, 231. Ousey, Buckley (deceased), 25. Southern,]. M., 40, Jermyn Street, Liverpool, 22, Perrin, A. F., Bryn Gwylan, Conway, 36, 120, 136, I l4, I 19. 179, 221, Swanwick, Harold, Clive, \Vinsford, Cheshire, Potter, Charles, Lla,1bedr, Conway, 26, 53, 146, 58, 157, 181, 188. 161' 162, 189. Taylor, John, Bankfield House, Dolygarrog, Talybont, Conway, 17, 31, 67, 68, 88, 10r, Prescott-Davies, N., 1 2, Chalcot Gardens, Haver f22, 123. stock Hill, N. W ., 13, 40, 43, 99, 212, 216. Towers, Jas., 38, Rockville Street, Rockferry, r6, Salmon, ] . C., Gyffin, Conway, 11, 27, 39, 142, 168. 158, 200, 210, 21,,9. Watson, J. D. (deceased), 65. Severn, vValter, 9, Earls Court Square, London, 1 45· vVatts,]. T ., 22, Lord Street, Liverpool, 72, 176, Sidley, S., 8, Victoria Road, Kensington, 30, 94· 204. 68 INDEX TO EXHIBITORS. ------Wells, Geo., Trefriw, 23, 70, 77, ro{, "Whaite, H. Clarence, P. R.C.A., R. \\'.S., 16, Douro Place, Victoria Road. Kensington, London, or Tyddyn Cynal, Conway, 152, 154, 184, 190,207, 215. vVood, G. Swin ford, Bocllondeb, Conway, 5, 38, 121. R. E JONES AND BROS., PRINTERS, CO~WAY ANO COLWYN BAY.