John Dillwyn Llewelyn, 1810-1887

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Description

John Dillwyn Llewelyn
Picnic Party at Goppa, 23rd September, 1855
139 by 203mm

Salt Print from a Collodion Negative, mounted on card, inscribed 'Collodion The Picnic J.D. Llewelyn' by the photographer in pencil on the mount,

Literature

Documented: Our Photographic Legacy - Treasures of the National Photographic Collections, Cheltenham: Shutter Press, 1989.

Catalogue Note

John Dillwyn Llewleyn married Emma Talbot, the cousin of W.H. Fox Talbot. Llewleyn became the most productive in his family of photographers, and the photographs taken of his children are some of his most charming. This study of a birthday group was taken for his wife.