Frances Williams Drawings

Comprises a print and drawings by Frances Williams. 

• Print of Temple House, Bisham, Berkshire, the home of Thomas Williams of Llanidan, taken from an edition of The Beauties of England and Wales, post 1802. Endorsed, rough sketch of the Porth yr Aur area of Caernarfon town walls
• Drawing of Glangwna, Caernarfon by Frances Williams, 1818
• Drawing of Treffos, Llansadwrn, Anglesey by Frances Williams, 1838

Frances Williams (b. 1798) of Treffos, Llansadwrn, Anglesey, ne Lloyd, was the daughter of Thomas Lloyd of Glangwna, Caernarfon and Whitehall, Shrewsbury. Frances was interested in painting, drawing and astronomy and she and husband James Williams (1790-1872) raised funds to buy lifeboats and started the Anglesey Lifeboat Association. They are the great grandparents of artist Kyffin Williams (b. 1918) of Llansadwrn, Anglesey.

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Donated by Kyffin Williams

Description compiled by Anne Lenaghan, July 2002.

Item level word-processed list is available at the Archives Department, University of Wales, Bangor. Reference numbers: General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts: 33041-33043

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Also held at the Archives Department of the University of Wales, Bangor are the Kyffin Williams Papers. A collection level description is available on the Archives Hub .