UNDER THE PATRONAGE

OF H. R. H. THE

PRINCE OF WALES, AN D OF H.R H. TH E

PRINCESS OF WALES.

ROYAL

CAMBRIAN ACADEMY OF ART,

PLAS MAWR, CONWAY.

EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION.

1900.

R. E. ]ONES & B1tos., PRI1'TERS, BoOKRINDERS, &c., CONWAY,

tb~ Royal Cambrian Jlcad~my of Jlrt, UNDER THE IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE OF

H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, AND OF

H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF ·WALES.

Hono1·ary Members: Sm E. ]. POYNTER, P.R.A. G. F. WATTS, R.A. SIR L. ALMA TADEMA, R.A., R.W.S.

President:

H. CLARENCE Vv'HAITE, R.\V.S. (President Manchester Academy of

Fine Arts, &c.)

Hon. Sec:

W. ]. SLATER,

PROF. H. HERKOMER, R.A., R.\V.S. , R.E.

V ice-P, esident: ·

CUTHBERT C. GRUNDY, F. L S.

Treasurer:

J. FINNIE, R.E.

Ilonorary Architect:

HAROLD H UGI-JES, A.R.l.B.A.

H. CLARENCE WHAITE, CUTHBERT C. GRUNDY,

Trustees:

EDWIN A. NORBURY, G. SWINFORD WOOD.

Curator and Assistant Secretary:

J. R. F URNESS.

Academicians. Associates.

Ayling, A. W. Bancroft , Elias Booth, S. Lawson (F.R.G.S.) Boydell , C. Cockram, George Cole , Chisolm Crnzier, G. Davis, J . Pain Davies, J . Hey Douglas, J . (F.R.I.B.A.) Finnie, J ohn (R.E.), T,·easure r. Fisher, B. Fowler, B. Fowler, Robert (R. I. ) Ghent, Peter Grundy, Cuthbert C.

(V. P.R.C. A.), F .L.S. Grundy, J. R . G. Hagarty, Parke r Hague, Anderson (R. I.) H a re, Julius Harrison, Geo. Hodson, S. J. (R.W .S .) Holte , A. Brandish Hug hes, Leona rd Hug hes, Harold (A. R. I. B.A.) Jones, J. Clinton

Knight, J oseph ( R. I. ) Knight, Paul R . Knowles, G. Sherida n Langshaw, F. W . Loud, A. Bertram McDougal, J. Ma,·ks, B. S. Measham, H enry Morrison, R. E. Norbury, E. A.

Baker, Oliver (R.E.) Booth, J . W. Bottomley, E . Cloug h, T . Cora b, W. J.

(R.I.) Finnemore, J. (R.R.A., RI. ) Hayes, F. W. Hoyles, B. HumphrE>ys, G. A. (M.S.A.) J ones, S . Maurice Kinsley, Albert (R. B.A.) Ma rr, Hamilton Meyer, A. C. (A.R.E. )

l\'etherwood, A. Pennell , H. P rescott-Davies, N . (RB. A.) S mith, Reginald Spenlove, F. Spenlove Stephenson, \\' . Sutcliffe, Lester S winstead, G.Hillya,·d(R. B.A.) Towers, J as. Towers, S. Turner, \,V. Brint \l\l illia ms, Alyn \Vood, Albert .S.

Pa rker, J . (R.W.S.) Perrin, A. F.

Hanging Committee for r900.

Potte r, Charles Salmon, J. C. Severn, \,Valte r (President of

Dudley Gallery.) Seward, E . (F.R. I. B.A.) Shor t, R d.

.I. C. Salmon. F. T. Sibley. ·

C. Cole.

Auditors.

A. W. Ayling . Geo. H a rrison.

A. F. Pe rrin.

Sibley, F . T. Abbreviations. Slater, W. J. (H on. Sec.) R.A. - R oyal Academician. Sullivan, \V. H. H .R.C.A. - Honorary R oyal Cambrian Academ ici4n. Thomas, T. H. (F.S.A.) R.\V.S.-Royal Society of Painte rs in Water Colours. \Vatts Jas. T . R. l. - Royal Institute of Painters in \Vater Colours. Whait~ H. Clarence(P.R.c.{·B.A.- Royal Society of British Arti1,ts. . .

' ) p .d t M 1 ..,· R.I.B.A.- Fellow of the Royal Institute of Bnttsh Architects. R.\V.S. , res, en_ anc1e1, .E.- Tbe Royal Society of Painter Etchers. te r Academy_ of Fme Arts. '\. R. E.-Associate Royal Society of Painter Etchers.

\,\lood, G. Swmford F. L.S.- Fellow of the Linnean Society.

Founders.

The late W. Laurence Banks, R.C.A., F.S.A., J.P., Cuthbert C. Grundy, V.P.R.C.A., F . L.S.

J. R. G. Grundy, R.C.A.

Royal Cambrian Academy Art Schools.

The Elementary and Advanced Classes for the

study of Oil and Water Colours will meet during

the Winter, also the Class for the Study of Draped

Models.

Application to be made to

MR. J _' R. FURNESS, Curator,

Plas Mawr, Conway.

~ 1 as g~1 nm r, HIGH STREET, CONWAY.

This "Great Mansion" was built three centuries ago, by Rober~ Wynne, son of John Wynne ap l'vleredith, of Gwydir, near Llanrwst, Qf whom the well-known historian, Sir J ohn Wynne. Bart, was nephew. The approach in High Street. is through a. portico ornamented with the arms of England. Over the doorn·ay and within the portico is the Greek inscription" a nexou, apexo11," with the Latin " .sustine, abstine" (bear, forbear). On the house will also be found the initi a ls I. H. S.; X. P. S., with the date, r 585. Ascending from the Courtyard is a flight of steps to a terrace which leads through a doorway to a ~pacious Banqueting H a ll. wainscotted and with fixed seats. From the Tower staircase out of this room is a passage leading to the Kitchen with a fine old a rched fire-place. Leaving this room is an entrance from Crown Lane g iving access lo the

PLAS MAWR FROM HIGH STREET.

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Court Yard, and by crossing this . passage the apartments are reached, in the furthest of which are several initia l letters and t he date, 1577, worked in bas-relief. In a room above, will be found another elate, somewhat later than those found on other parts of the house. Above the lire-place a re the initials "E. R." (Elizabeth Regina). The apartments on the upper~storey are reached by spiral staircases, by wh ich the visitor may a lso ascend the Tower, from which he will obtain a magnificent view of the town and all the surroundi ng country. The ceilings in most of the apartments are fanc ifuJly decorated ,Yith a fretwor k in relief, w hich is interspersed with Crests, Coats of Arms, and other Ornaments. These were orig ina ll y gilt and painted in proper herald ic colour~. The woodwork th rougho ut is massive and durable, being of hard, dark-col0ured oak, in keeping· with the general desig·n of the bui lding. The palace is now in the posst•ssion of THE ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY OF ART, having been lea ·eel to them by L ORD MOSTYN, the present owner.

An Art 1·eference library has been established in connection with Plas Mawr. The Hon. Sec. wiJI be g lad to receive contributions of ancient

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'vVelsh literature, books on Art, Art Magazines, ~c. Also Casts, Models, Antique or other Welsh relics.

Books, Casts, Old E11gravz"ngs, &c., have been

recezved from -BA KER. A., EsQ .. F.R.I.B.A. BANKS, W. L., EsQ. , R.C.A. DAVIS, J. PAIN, R.C.A. DUTTON, MISS DUTTON. H., ESQ, FINNIE. JOHN. EsQ .. R.C.A. (Treas.) R.E. HARRISON, GEO., EsQ., R.C.A. HAYES, GEO., EsQ., R.C.A. HAYES, MRS. GEORGE HOARE. MRS. H UGHES. HAROLD, EsQ., R.C.A., A.R.I.B.A. LETHERBROW. T. EsQ. McEWEN. MRS. A. C. NORBURY, E . A., EsQ., R.C.A. PERRIN, A F ., Esg .. R.C.A. RATHBON~ HAROLD, Es~ SLOCOMBE, A., EsQ., R.C.A. THOMAS. T. H., Esg., R.C.A. WOOD. ALBERT, EsQ., J.P., D.L. woo~. G: SWINFORD, ESQ .. R.C.A.

BANQUETING HALL. I I

The Banqueting Hall.

The Banqueting H all is a large old fash ioned wainscotted room, thirty feet by twenty, by thirteen in height ; a long one side and end are black oak fixed seats, with scroll work rail and turned supports. The magnificent fretwork ceiling with central Tudor roses, and the elaborate mouldings and crests over the capacious fire-place, impress . the visitor on first entering the room, and at once strike him that he is in no o rdinary building. At the further end, in the recessed wall is a large stone mullioned window with quarrel pane lattices of various hue, accord­ing to age ; on the opposite s ide of the fire-place are two other windows of the same fascinating description. A border runs round the room, the oak leaf being the chief ornamentation of the frieze; in the centre, over the fire-place on a shield is the coat of a rms of the Wynne fam ily (by whom this mansion was built) together with the date I 580. On the quaint figures which are intended as supports are the initials R. W. (Robert Wynne). It is curious to note the manner in which the large blocks o f stone which form t he ch imney breast are dove­tailed t,,gether, the side supports being additionally strengthened by large blocks being buil t into the wall, th·e exposed ends being shaped and carved.

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The hroken hearthstone is bound round by the original unpretentious fender, which is also of oak. At some period, ages ago, five or six feet was taken off this room for the requirements of the late tenants, and the original solid oak screen, whose massive frame-work, rudely moulded, stands firm a nd strong as it did th ree centuries ago, is partly hid by a lig hter-constructed oak-pa nnelled screen ,vhich is supposed to have formed the wainscot of Queen Eliz;ibeth's sitting room. The original ,creen m c1y be seen by stepping ·into the recess leading- to t-h e Secretary's room. The floor, also of oak. is now sun ken and uneven. At the fu,ther en cl of the room is the la rge banqueting table, 011 six massive legs, a nd framework of great strength ; it is still capable of doing g reat t hings in the way of a ba ng uet should opportunity present itself.

We may here note that the ceiling of the grand Hall and staircase of the Victoria House at the World's Fair, C hicag-o (in 1892), was copied from the ceiling of this room.

Passing throug h t he doorway leading to t he s tair­case and turning to ·the right we e nter the small kitchen.

SMALL KITCHEN.

Small Kitchen.

The most characteristic feature of the small kitchen is the fine stone arch of the huge fire-p'ace, at one end of which, in the thickness of the outer wall is built a s tone oven, which is in excellent pres~rvation. The usual. kitchen requi_sites ~ave lono· since di sappeared wi th the exception of the spit irons, which may be seen in the we~t ){itch en, or in a room at the furth er end ot the butld111g. It will be noticed that a sm;ill portion of the a rch a t the ri g ht hand corner has been worn away with the sh arpening of knives . Two stout black oak beams cross the ceiling, from which is suspended an old­fashioned bread sak

In some isola ted farmhouse~ at the presen t clay these old safes are s till in use.

No. 3 Room is reached by passing throug h the doorway opposite the one we entered. But,

" , . , . .1 S,toop boys! Stoop ! ! t his gate Ins tructs you how to adore the heavens; and bo\\'S you T o a morn ino-·s holy offir.e ; the g:ites of monarchs Are a rched ~~ hig h that g iants may g_et through And keep the ir impious turbans on, w,thout Good morrow to the sun-

Stoop boys,- Stoop ! " SHAKESPEARE.

. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ROOM.

Still Room.

N_o. 3 _Room would be formerly used by the reta111~rs 111 · attendance a t _t he -s ide gate leading through the pass;ige we have just crossed to the inner ;Court Yard, which is a beautiful and perfect speci 1nen of the architect ure of the Tudor pe riod­a m ost interesting reminiscence of bygone days.

Continuing a long the passage and ascendin o· one step and turning to the rig ht we enter "'

Queen Elizabeth's Sitting Room.

On turning to the rig ht afte r leav ing No. 3 Room, at the end of the passage o n the right hand, is found Queen E lizabeth's s itting -room; the ceiling and walls above the wainscot (which was originally oak-panelled) are rich in decorative plaster work Coat of Arms, Crests, &c. , connected with th~ v\:ynne a nd other fam ilies, t hrough them, associated with Plas Mawr. Above the fire-place a re the Royal Arms of Engla nd as u~ed in the re io-n of Queen Eliza beth ; the Griffin or Dr;io·on bei;o- the supporter of the Lion in the place of the Unico~n as now used, which came in with the Stuart lin e. The letters E R (Elizabeth Regina) being on either

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ROOM. 17

side of the Royal Arms, which is surrounded hy other Crests and decorative embellishments ; t he portcullis of Henry VIII. being conspicuous. On either side of the ,vindows, the Arms of the Wynne family occupy the central positions, above which are the letters R. W. (Robert Wynne) in differen t designs, whilst below are the figures 15 on one s ide and 77 on the other side, supposed to be the date when the room was originally decorated; all the ornamental plaster work being picked out in correct heraldic colours. Our very great grand­father, time, has made sad havoc with the wall opposite the fire-place, where will be noticed, amongst other enrichments, the remains of the letters D G and G (]) W, meaning probably Dorothy Griffith a nd ] ohn Wynne.

On looking at these walls we are forcibly reminded how true is t he beautiful line,

"Change and d ecay, in a ll a round I see. "

There are small recessed windo,vs in two corners of the room, which, during the palmy days when the family occupied the house, would look into the garden with which the house was at the time sur­rounded . The massive oak partit1011 or screen (>pposite the windLJw is of immense strength, the centre, both horizontal and upright timbers, being

18 QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ROOM.

carved. Above the door are carved the Tudor rose and leaves very finely cut. The old oak panne~led door is worth attention, being made. with mi.tr~ joints; all the mouldings being ,~~rked m the s~lt_d, it will be observed that the original. latch, ,, h1ch still remains on the doors, is made entirely of wood.

Leaving this quaint room, we proceed one opposite, viz , The West Kitchen.

to the

THE WEST KITCHEN.

The West Kitchen.

The West Kitchen fire-place is about 9ft. 6in. wide by 5ft. deep, and near 6ft. to the underside of the fine arch ; built into the walls at either end ar.e what were originally stone ovens.

The heavy timbe rs crossing the ceiling, black with age, are still perfectly sound. An old cradle spit is suspended from the beams ; this was formerly used for cooking turkeys and geese. The spit irons are in the fire-place.

Judging from the style o f the vvindow mullions and other structural features, it may be fairly assumed that thi~ end of Plas Mawr is the oldest portion of the builcling, - - though it is difficult to determine the date of either portion. Experts in Architecture are, however, agreed that the mansion was built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

It may just be pointed out that the window mul­lions at this end of the building are roughly squared on the inside, whilst on the outside they are rqu11ded, ,111cl fixed slightly within the breast of the extern.-11 wall, with projecting moulded window heads outside. Contrast these with the mullions and window heads at the other end of the building, where they are found moulded on hoth sides, and projecting outside the breast of the wall, whilst

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the window-heads are flush with the wall, and are constructed with mitre ends to prevent the stone giving way above the windows.

The door by the Kitchen window opens out into the inner Court Yard, referred to earlier on. The door in the oak screen, adjoining the one by which we enter the Kitchen, opens into a small pantry about 12ft. square, by 10ft . in height- a peep into it_ may be obbined through the doorwry on the left, just outside the Kitchen. It may be noticed that the framework of t he pantry windows, instead of the usual stone mullion is made of four inch oak placed cornerways.

On ste pping out of the Kitchen, turn to t he right and up the first flight of the fine spiral s taircase, ­through the doorway , and turn to the left into the Wynne Room.

Wynne Room.

It is interesting to t race the history of decorative or modelled plaster w o rk with which Plas Ma wr is s o rich : at the pre~ent day there is no other such perfect specimen ex isting in Great Britain.

The British Museum s hows us tha t the ancie nts understood plaste r-modelling . There a re s till a few

22 WYNNE ROOi\1.

rui110us specimens left to show that the Art ,,.,·as practised in Ancient Greece, a nd the ex.cavations at Pompeii reveal that there were adepts at this class of work in the days of its splendour, viz., one thousand eig ht hundred years ago.

With the fall of the Roman Empi re, this Art became nearly extinct. In the s ixteenth century it was introduced into F ra nce by Fr:rncis I , and about the same period by Henry V !Il. into Eng land ; the half-timbered houses of that p<:' riod being especia lly adapted to di splay this class of raised plaster-work. The King employed the most skil fu l ,\ rt-workmen during the last te n years of his reign in embellishing "NLrnsuch," of which no reli c now re mains; bein .~ dismantled during t he Parlia mentary \Vars.

Pscpys, alluding to "Non such" in 1 665, says, " All the house filled with fig·ures of stories" ; a nd Spencer, in his lin es,

"Gold was the • Parget,' a nd the ceiling b r ight Did shine a ll scaly with great plates of gold,"

refers to the ' illuminated" plaster-work, or par­getry.

It was during the troublous t imes of the Com­monwealth t hat this class of work fe ll into disuse.

The Wynne Room is supposed to have been the bedroom occupied by the Earl of Leicester. Par-

THE VICTORIA ROO M. 23

tions of his crest, viz., the Boar, and the Bear and Ragged Stave, appearing on t he walls and cei lin o- · the elate 1577 being on the corners by the . shield over the fire-place in this room.

From this room we enter

The Victoria Room.

A shor~ passage on the right hand side of t he fire-place 111 the \ i\ly11ne Ruom leads to the Victoria Room, erected by the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1895.

0~1 the 11th of February, 1896, this Gallery was offic1al!y opened.by the Hon. Mrs. H Lloyd Mostyn, on which occasion a grand fancy dress ball was held, the whole of the rooms of P las Mawr bein cr utilised on the occasion. 0

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S BEDROOM.

Queen Elizabeth's Bedroom.

This roo~1 is supposed to have been used by Q ueen E lizabeth. · It is not known w hat has become of the original furniture o f Plas Mawr; but -the bedstead said to be used by the Queen is now at Gloddaeth, near Llandudno. This room, same as t he others, has been stripped of the oak-pannelled wain­scot. Above the fire-place are the arms of Robert Wynne, with the initials R. G., most probably Robert of Gwydir,. as the Gwydir family resided .at Gwydir Castle, near Llanrwst, before Plas Mawr was built. The letters R. G. and J . G. are also on each side .of the centre windows, which can be read as before Robert and John of Gwydir. · It will be noticed that each ceiling in P las Mawr

is different in design, each one being ve ry beaut iful. Amongst the animals a nd q irds. on this ceiling and wa lls a re the griffin, the owl, the stork, lions, and lion's faces, the heads of deer w ith antlers, eaglets, stags, Fleur-de-l'ys, Saracen's heads, boars, unicorn, dragons, swan~. a dove just about to settle on a branch ; also Tudor roses and other ornaments.

The oak screen is alm ost a repetition of the one a lready described in the Queen's Sitting Room.

Leaving this room, turn to the left and you at once enter t he Drawing or Reception Room.

THE RECEPTION R O O M.

The Reception Room.

The Reception Room is nearly 40ft. by 20ft. by I 1ft. in heig ht, with a recess in the wall opposite the fire-place about 8ft. square; there are indica­tions that this r~ctss was a n addition after the house was built. A new floor had to be laid in this room in 1888, but the old fixed seats remain, and are in the same charming style as described in the Banqueting Hall. Two of t he o riginal tables are also in this room. The initials on the walls and ceiling are repetitions of what has been previously described. It will be noticed t hat a ll the fire­places in the house are different in design.

The fine geometrical ceiling of t hi s room must have had an imposing appearance in the palmy clays of Plas Mawr.

It was in this room that the Oueen of Roumania took afternoon tea on the 11th of September, 1890.

Leaving th is room by the door opposite tu the one we en ter, we pass underneath a secret chamber or hiding place, built in the thickness of the wall adjoining the breast of t he chimney which runs up from the small kitchen ; this was used durina the turbulous times of the Reformation for the co1~ceal­ment of proscribed persons.

26 THE LANTERN ROOM.

Passing underneath this place of concealment, and ascending the five steps to the left, and keeping again to the left we come to the Lantern Room.

The Lantern Room.

The La ntern Room is so called because of the old lantern in the far right hand corner as you enter the room. It is formed . by an opening through the wall tapering inwards at the sides and top, with a small ang ular window projecting o ut­wards from the face of the external wall. In olden times a candle would be set so as to throw a light outwards, and on to the T errace a nd Court Yard below. This room was never embellisned with decorative pl~ster-work, as is the case with the more important rooms of the house.

This room is the reputed " haunted room" of Plas Mawr.

After leaving this room, go past the steps by which these apartments were reached, and inspect the Council Room of the R oyal Cambrian Academy, where there a re fin e casts, models, a nd a series of beautiful etchings on the walls.

THE CO UNCIL ROOM.

Above the door ,~;ill be noticed a specimen of the original watling work, showing clearly how the partition walls were formerly constructed; it has b een protected with g lass.

Descending· the fi ve stairs, and ascending the old spiral stairca,e opposite, th e look-out t ower is reached, fro m which charming views of the sur­rounding country maybe obtained, then, by following the staircase to the bottom, No. 1 Room is again reached.

Plas Mawr was v is ited by their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of York and Party on the 28th of A pri I, r 899.

In Plas Mawr there a re 365 windows, 52 doors, a nd 52 steps up the Towe r.

28 THE H AU TT E D ROOM.

The followin g is a n extract from local papers of September, 1893 :--

A H AUNT E D R OOM AT P LAS MAWR.

[ F ROM A CORRESPONDENT].

In addit ion to its intrinsic cha rm as one of the most p erfectly p reserved s pecime ns of Elizabethan Ma nor Houses now e xist ing in this country, P las Mawr, the H ome of t he flourishing a nd very useful R oyal Cambria n Academy of Ar t, has its numerous low, oak-panelled, a nd oak-floored rooms filled with a n excellent collectio n o f Oils a nd vVater-colours, of w hich the cri t ics s peak very hig hly. Both of these att rac· t ions are by this t ime pretty widely known, a nd what I w ish to mak e public- for the first time, I be lieve,- is the existence o f an attractiC'n of a n entirely d iffe rent character- a n att rac­t ion t hat one a lmost instinctively looks for in connection with s uch an old build ing as P las Mawr , and that is a ha un ted roon1.

T he re can be no doubt about it , fo r I have the story from one who is both a n ear a nd eve-witness of the fact that one of t he rooms in Plas Ma wr is haunted.

The s to ry was told to me by one of t he genial o ffi c ia ls of t he R. C .A. , on t he occasion of the recent vis it of Sir Stua rt K nill, Lord Mayor, of London, to Conway.

The officia l referre d-to at that t ime re marked to me a nd my t wo companions, who m he found in the room in question, "Ah, you a re study ing the haunted room, are you?" Vv'e la ug hed , a nd said that we d id not k now t hat it was ha un ted, or even t hat it was said to be haunted.

"Very few people k now it," he said, "but it is a fact, a nd it is supposed to have some connection with the P riest·s

T H E HAUNTED ROOM.

Hiding-place, w hich is just here, " he a dded , tapping the wall between the d oor of the room and the h uge fire-place.

\Ve were delig hted, and explained that we had not heard of the Priest' s Hiding -place, any more than we had of the Haunted R oom , a nd begged of him to let us see that interest­ing recess in which, perhaps, some poor recusant had hidde n himself in t he stern t imes of good Q ueen Bess.

' ' Come this way," he said; a nd advancing to the corner of t he room, he tappe d the apparently sol id wall .

. We expecte? to see the wall ope n, revealing a dark ~av,ty, hut nothmg happened, and , somewhat disappointe d , we listened to our g uide·s explanation that" t he H idino--placc lay behind that wall. ·· "

There is a spiral staircase j ust o utside the door o f the roo11:, and we turned to ascend that, a fter our guide had to ld us that the e nt ra nce to the hiding place was up above, but he called us back , a nd led us through two o ther rooms on t he same floor, rig ht to the othe1· end of the build ing. There we mounted anothe r flig h t of stairs, a nd opening a s mall worm­eaten door, our g uide entered - a nd we followed him into - a very low attic, w hose ponderous oak rafters were carved with some d egree o f e la boration. ·

" T ake notice whe re I place my feet," said Mr. --- t o us.; " a nd put yours in exactly the same place, otherwise · you mig ht crash throug h the ceiling of the room beneath."

Vve d id so, a nd trod with a lmost ludic rous exactness a nd care in the footprin ts of our guide, '".ho le d us carefully a long some boards placed across the j ois l, up to the right ha nd corne r of the a tti c , and there we saw a recess, about 5 feet in depth, and about 4 feet w ide. It is uncovered now, and would afford no security against the most s uperficia l search but in the old days it was cunningly a nd heavily covered 'so t hat even tapping the covering would not · betray the cavity beneath . But this was not the whole of the R id ing-place. If,

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by chance, pursuers discovered this recess, and managed to open the t rap-door, po fug it ive would be visible, for the inner side of the Hiding -place consisted of a sliding-panel which gave entrance to "inner-sanctuary" (so to speak), into which the fugitive w oulu slip on finding that his first hiding -place had been discovered , leaving nothing for the pu rsuer to. gaze at but an empty space, a nd, ·of course, the chances were a hundred to one against the pursuers s uspecting the existence of an ante-room, a nd so the hunted priest would, let us hope, escape.

There were other details in connection with this attic (which one of my frie nds-a devout Catholic-supposed might have been a secret Chapel) qf g reat inte rest , but I won' t refer to the m now, as my lette r is already somewhat lengthy, I will only briefly state on what grounds our guide ma intains that the room in which he first found us is haunte d. H e says that he was a lone in the building late one night, writing. He had bee n round every room before that, previous to closing, to see that all the visitors had left the house for the day. Suddenly, in the silen ce o f the evening, he heard a measured footfall begin to pace the room over his head. H e listened for a long time. The measured footfall continued, t ill he, not liking to go up a lone, and in the dark, le ft and went home .

Another time, he and his w ife .happened to be walking together in the Court-yard below, when t hey both chanced to look up a t the open window in the Haunted Room. He saw something withdraw quickly from the ivindow as he looked up. H e said nothing to his wife, for fear of alarming her : hut at s upper s he remarked to him that, when she chanced to look up a t the window, she thought' she saw something or somebody w ithdraw q uickly from the w indow. Mr. --­a lso assures me that o n several occasions, w hen he has been in tha t room at dusk (he is not a t a ll afraid o f g hosts), he has heard and fe lt something pattering around him. Not merely

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around his feet, as a dog, or cat, or rat might do, but brushing s lightly against his body, at the same time making audible footsteps o n the oake n floor. Mr. --- concluded by say ing t hat, though he ha d not t he sl ightest be lief in g hosts, he can never enter that room- even in broad dayl ight,-without a queer feeling coming over h im, a k ind of cold shi,·ering, a nd this when he is not-and has not been (it may be for weeks)­thinking of the roo m be ing haunted .

\,Vithout o ffe ri ng an opinion on these ma nifestations, I g ive t he m publicity, and have no doubt that what I have refe rred to at the com menceme nt of t his article "as an a dditional attractio n," will really prove such to many who \\'Ou!d otherwise not enter this very cha,·ming o ld house, one of the sights o f Conway.

(FROM ANOTH ER CORRESPONDENT] .

The details a bo u t the P las Mawr Spiritua l Visitant, as g iven by a co11.fn!re, a ,·e substantially con-ert except in one o r two minor matte rs o f d etai l, into which I do not think it worth while en te,·ing, o n the princ ip le de mini1J1oi1s non curat lex. H o wever, t here seems no doubt that a mysterious Something ha s been seen, by t wo c ,·edible w itnesses, in broa d dayligh t, a nd , unless the us ual rules of evidence a re to be accounted of no wo rth , we have no option but to accept the theory that some th ing "unca nny" has seve ral t imes ma d e its presence vis ible o r a udi ble at P las Mawr.

O ccasiona lly, visitors have said that they a re sure that there is a haunted room in P las Mawr. " Indeed ! \Vhy?" they a re asked. " O h ! because I fee l it ; I am a medium," they say, or words to like effect. " \Vhich room is it? ·· they a re next asked, a nd invariably they have indicated what my con:fn!re has now terpled the "Haunted Room."

The matter need s investigating, fo r p erhaps t he Something has somewhat to communicate.

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JOH N FINNIE, R.E.

r Runswick Bay . . .

ALBERT S. WOOD

2 Windmill

MRS. ELIAS BANCROFT

3 Chrysanthem urns

ELIAS BANCROFT

4 Sunday (Evening Service)

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11 A Bit of Corn ...

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13 Near Trefriw

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14 A Conemara Strand

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7 An Intruder

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26 5 o 15 A bit of Welsh Moorland IO O 0

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8 The Girl he left behind him.

R. E. MORRISON

9 Newport- Pembrokeshire

EMMA MAGNUS

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16 A Corner in Gloddaeth Woods

THE LATE J. H. COLE

17 The Stream

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18 Market Morn on the Mae!' at Dortrecht ... 8 IO 0

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19 Passing Showers, Mouth of the Dee

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20 At Talycafn

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21 Barleyfield

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23 The Guard of the Camp ( For Price, apply to the C urator).

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24 Harvest Time ...

1 ROBERT FOWLER, R.I.

25 Morning

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26 In the Meadows

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27 Trixie

REGINALD SMITH, RB.A.

28 Holywell 13ay, Cornwall

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29 A Bend in the River 16 16 0

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31 A Wels h Upland 7 7 0

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34 Portrait- Emmie Lines

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38 Nightfall

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39 St. Margaret

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42 County School, Llandudno

J. C. SALMON

43 The Stream that flows from ldwal

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44 By Port St. Mary

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45 " Don"

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47 Eugene D'Albert Esg., and Dorothy, daughter of Dr. R. W. Braithwaite

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48 After Rain. Conway Castle

J. PAIN DAVIS

49 Langness Light from Port St. Mary

LILY JONES HUGHES

50 Estelle, and portrait of Grand mother

my

S. MAURICE JONES

51 Penrhos Beach, Holyhead

JOSHUA FISHER

52 Modesty

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53 Moel Siabod from Lledr

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54 E vening on the T rent · · ·

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55 Oakeclge V.-1 1ley- Cannock Cha-e

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56 An April Evening

S. MAU RICE J ON ES

57 Coast of Anglesey

W. ST EPHENSON

58 O n ~he Conway

ANN J. CROZIE R

59 Wait ing fo r the H ay-cart

DONALD KENDALL

' 6o A Breezy U pbrnd

S. TOWERS

6 1 Cotta""es near Ombersley­W ~rcestershire

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66 Coast of Morocca, near Azi la 15 15 0

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67 A Quiet Evening. The Pool, Bad-desley, Clinton, Warwickshire 9 9 0

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68 The Late Bishop Lloyd . ..

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69 Mezzotint Engraving. President of St. John's College, O xford ...

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70 Design for a Cross at Llandegfan

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71 Original Mezzotint-After Rain ... (For Price, apply to the Curator).

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72 A Toiler of the Sea

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73 Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-on-Tyne .. . Io r o o

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74 A Quiet Corner..

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75 In the Forest

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76 Iris

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77 Sketch

HAMIL TON MARR

78 On the Mawddach

BERTRAM LOUD

79 Among the Li lacs

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82 Cornfield-Aber

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83 Sketch

HAMIL T ON MARR

84 In the Mawddach Valley ... ...

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85 Heavy Weather on the Moors

AL YN WILLIAMS

86 Study of an Old Man's Head

J. KATHLEEN HUMPHREYS

87 Landscape

ROBERT FOWLER, RI. \

88 FadP-d Marigolds

ELIAS BANCROFT

89 Whitby- Yorkshire

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91 I shan't

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92 Evening Light- Whitby

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93 Derwent Water

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94 Lane Scene, Spring

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95 H enry Dutton, Esq.

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96 In the Harvest F ield

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97 A F ishing Villr1ge

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98 A Grey Evening, Pomperro­

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99 Gloddaeth from Bodysgallen

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100 Summer Time, by the Sea (For Price, apply to the Curator).

H. H. KERRIDGE

101 The Intruders

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102 Summer

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103 Evening on the Scheidt

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104 By the Brook .. .

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EDWIN BOTTOMLEY

ro5 Evening on the Beach. A List Gleam

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ro6 A Farm on the Hills . . .

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107 Pelargoniums

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w8 High \Vatc> r on the River Conway

A. W. AYLING

109 The la!e John Rylands, Esq., J.P.

B. HOYLES

I 10 The Winter is past

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1 13 A Rainy Day.

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114 The Casualty List

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115 Afternoon, bog of Arthog

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r 16 A Summer Morning, Carnarvon

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118 W inter has gon 2C O 0

"The world is young again."

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119 A Grey Morning ] 2 ] 2 0

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ROSE MAGNUS

120 Wild Flowers

]. T. WATTS

121 A Mersey Sky

]. C. SAU10N

122 A Wet Road

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123 The Village Smithy

T. CLOUGH 1 24 Gorseland

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125 Pont Aberglaslyn

ANDER.SON HAGUE, R.I.

r 26 I ford Bridge, on the Stour

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127 A Summer's Dawnin"" t:,··

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123 Harvest Time. ·

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129 Still Life

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0 11 t he Haddington Coast, East 130 Lothian

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13 1 Supper Time .. .

F . T. SIBLEY

1 32 Llyn Idwal

W. J. CORAH

1 33 Cemaes, Anglesey

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135

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ANDERSON HAGUE, R.I. £ s. d.

136 Pool 20 o o

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139 A Cottage F lower Garden- Kent

G. SWINFORD \VOOD

140 A Corner on the River Conway .. .

B. S. MARKS. 141 Still L ife

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142 Pen rnaenrnaw1-

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143 Lower Mill- Pentrefelin

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144 Cornfield

CHISOLM COLE

145 On the bog of Arthog . . .

LEONARD HUGHES

146 Henry Taylor, Esq., F.S.A. (Town

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EDWIN BOTTO:VILEY

147 Gathering Seaweed

J. C LI NTON JONES

148 A Woodland Pool

MRS. E LIAS BANCROFT

149 Snipe and Plover

ADOLPH C. i\1E;YER, A.R. E.

I 50 Ye Clouds that on ward sweep

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I 5 1 Hollyhocks

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153 T . T. Marks, Esq., C. E .

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DONALD KENDALL 156 Stepping St,,nes

CJ-I JSOLiVI COLE 1 57 April, Bog of Arthog

PAUL KNIGHT 158 Mrs. Marks . ..

FRANK SPENLOVE-SPENLOVE, 159 Grey of the Morn . Stu dy at

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160 Bridge near Aber Falls

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161 Preparing for the N ext Tide

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1 62 Friars Crag. Derwent Water

G. SWINFORD WOOD

163 S nowc\on

J. K. ~JAKIN

164 T he Field Worker's Tea

REGINALD S~l!TH

165 At Beclruthan- Cornwall

LILY HOWIE

·' 166 A Daughter of Erm

F. W. HAYES

167 The Mill

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168 Little Darlings 140 0 0

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16 9 A November Day

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170 Sweet Thoughts and Dainty Memories . ..

ROBERT FOWLER, R.I. 171 Evening

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172 The Cottage Home- orth Wales (For Price, apply to the Curator).

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173 Conway Castle

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174 The Glow of Evening Skies

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176 A Study

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177 A Reverie

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178 A Captive Briton

THOS. PHILLIPS

179 Across the Common

HARRY PENNELL

180 Docks

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181 The Glen at Bettws-y-Coed

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182 Shelter

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183 A Muse

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]. CLINTON JONES £ s. d. I8..j. An Anglesey Harvest . .

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HENRY ME.-\SHAM

185 May-Daughter of W. F. Calvert Esq. '

AVIS NICKELS PHILP r86 Ladye Fayre .

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ANDERSON HAGUE, R.I. 187 Out with the Tide

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OLIVER BAKER, R.E.

139 Old Almshouses, Ludlow

ELIAS BANCROFT

190 Granny's Bible

GEO. CROZIER

191 A Surf-beaten shore

A. W. AYLING \

r92 Old Buildings- Liogfield--Surrey

W. J. CORAH

193 Cemaes Cottages

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194 A Herefordshire Orchard

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195 An Old English Village

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196 Cottages by the Sea

W. ]. CORAH 197 Cemaes Harbour

GEO. CROZIER

198 A Trout Stream in June

A. W. {;,YLING

199 Lingfield Church-Surrey

HUBERT COOP, R.B.A. 200 Aberdaron

S. M . .\ URICE JONES

201 Dinas Bran- Llangollen

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202 Buscot Weir on Thames

S. TOWERS

203 The Edge of the Moor .. .

S. TOWERS

204 The Village Stream

W. STEPHENS0:\1

205 Morning-Con\\·ay

OLIVER BAKER. R.E.

206 Whitby

S. TOWERS \

207 The Last of October

W . STEPHENSON

208 The Ebb Tide of Day . .

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OLIVER BAKER, R.E.

210 At Cropthorne ..

SIDNEY BARRETT

2r r A bit of Old Whitby

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212 The Rain Cloud

F. W. LONGS HAW

21 3 Grange Bridge

JAS. TOWERS

214 A Rockbound Coast

A. W. AYLING

21 5 Showery W·eather

F. W. LONGS HAW '

2 16 Off the Amblesicle R~ad

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2 17 The Evening Hour

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Evening "Tl I · 84

ie o ng bng ht sunny day is at an e nd, F,·om_ out the wes tern s ky the last faint r,iy ~)f c n_mson g lory pales a nd fades to g..-e ' . And srl~ntly o'er sea and land d esce;d ) · The quiet s ha do\\'s of the s umme r nig ht. · · · · · · a ll 1s silen t save the sad Low murmur of the summer waves."

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22 r Surrey Common

S. MAURICE JONES

222 Porth D afarch- Holyhead

\V. ]. SLATER 223 The Road to Conway ...

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J. C. SALMON 224 Llyn Idwal

J. McDOUGAL

225 An Old Corner in Warwickshire

ADOLPH C. MEYER, A.R.E.

226 A Grey Day

J . C. SALMON

227 Above Colwyn Bay

JOHN PARKER, R.W.S.

228 :\lilking Time

GEO. CROZIER

229 A Summer's Day on the Moun­

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230 Stone Pines

E. H. WEVILL I

B. FOWLER

231 Church Pool- Bettwsycoed

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232 The Coming Storm

A. W. AYLING 2 33 A Sketch

JOSEPH KNIGHT, R. I. 2 34 In Conway Vale

]. C. SAUfON 2 35 Marbury Church- Salop

LILY F. WHAITE 236 Christmas Dessert

J. T. WATTS 2 37 Orlando W ri ting his Verses

the Forest of Arden .. .

GEO. HARRISON

238 The Sacristy- Tintern ...

111

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JAS. TOWERS £ s. d.

;2J9 Rill Head, Kynance Cove, Corn\\'all IO JO 0

H. CLARENCE WHAITE, P.R.C.A., R.W.S.

:.!4o Beddgelert

(For Price, apply to the Curator).

W. J. SLATER

;24oA The Conway. Low Tide

GEO. HARRISON

;241 The Old Homestead

A. F. PERRIN

;24 2 A Trout Stream

JAS. TOWERS

;243 T he Mountain Road

GEO. CROZIER

;244 By the Summer Sea

10 0 0

5 5 °

I O JO 0

IO IO 0

18 18 0

THE RECEPTION ROOM.

JOSEPH KNIGHT, R.I.

245 Nea r Old Colwyn

T. CLOUGH

246 A Small Catch

MRS. F. T. SIBLEY

247 The Penmaenmawr Hills

B. FOWLER

248 The Fairy Glen - Bettwsycoed

R. W. VERNON 249 St. Malo

F . W. LONGSHA W

250 Butterburrs

GEO. CROZIER

251 The Northern Shore of More­cambe Bay ...

£ s. cl.

I 2 12 0

30 0 0

5 5 0

5 5 0

20 0 O

18 18 0

THE RECEPTION ROOM.

MAUD SALMON

252 Near the Camping Ground­

Deganwy · ··

CLARA C. PERRIN

Gooseberries a nd Greengages ... 253

MRS. J. T. WATTS

254 Helmsley Village

JOHN McDOUGAL

255 A Winter's Evening

JOSEPH KNIGHT, R.T.

256 The Last of the Light ...

W. STEPHENSON

"The fleecy mists ascending 2 57 \ . ,, The beetling crags among.

CLARA C. PERRIN

2 sS Welsh Plums ...

£ s. d.

JO IO 0

5 5 °

6 6 0

8 8 0

15 15 0

21 0 0

5 5 °

THE RECEPTION ROO M. 73

JAS. T. WATTS

259 Moon rise at Tanfield .. .

JOH N PARKER, R. W.S.

260 At Lichdale on Thames

JOH N PARKER, R. W.S.

261 Playmates

£ s. d.

7 7 °

12 I 2 0

26 5 0

G. HILLYARD SWINSTEAD, R.B.A.

262 The Rosy Lyn, N. Devon

JOH N FINNIE, R.E. 263 On the Tha mes

ADOLPH C. :II EYER, A.R.E.

264 A Misty Morning on the Avon

EYRES SIMMONS 265 Vulcan Craig . . .

OLIVER BAKER, A.R.E.

266 Old Farmstead- Offenha·m

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6 6 0

5 5 0

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74 THE RECEPTION ROOM.

EDWIN BOTTOMLEY

267 Anticipation

JOHN FINNIE, R.E.

268 A Glen

J . C. SALMON

269 Idwal-A Summer's Evening

MAUD SALMON

270 Ma rl Lane

F. T . SIBLEY

271 PontyGarth ...

J. CLINTON JONES

272 Weed Burners

JA . T. WATTS

273 Tros Avon - Bettwsycoed

£ s. d.

21 0 0

30 0 0

7 7 °

6 6 0

65 0 0

6 6 0

6 6 0

THE LANTERN ROOM. (For description of room see page 2.6).

S. LAWSON BOOTH, F.R.G.S. £ s. cl.

274 The Valley of Desolation

W. J. CORAH

275 Leafy June

F. T . SIBLEY

276 Basham- Sussex

HAMILTON MARR

277 The roseate hues of early dawn

ROSE MAGNUS

278 Chrysanthemums

r3 13 a

75 o a

45 0 0

63 0 0

36 15 0

G. HILLYARD SWINSTEAD, RB.A.

279 Tick ! Tick ! 115 0 0

THE LANTERN ROOM.

G. SHERIDAN KNOWLES, R.I.

280 Good King Wenceslas ... " Page and Monarch forth they went,

Forth they went together; Thrnugh the rude winds wild lament,

And the bitter weather. "

R . E. MORRISON

281 Miss Nina Morrison

n~LLESLEY COTTRELL

282 A River Scene

\V. J. CORAH

283 Pont Allen, Beddgelert

PETER GHENT

£ s. d.

IO IO 0

75 0 0

284 Showery Weather ISO 0 0

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Names and Addresses of Members AND

List of Exhibitors.

Alma-Tadema, Sir L. (R.A.), R.W.S.

Ayling, A. W., Rh edynfa, Church Walks, Lla n­

dudno, 109,192,199,215,221,233.

Baker, Oliver (R.E.), 10 1, Gough Road, E dgbaston,

Birmingham, 189, 194., 206, 210, 220, 266.

Bancroft, E li as, 7, Bucking ham Crescent, Victoria

Park, Manchester, 4, 89, r1 3, 139, 190, . 195.

Bancroft, l\'lr'.,. Elia, , 7, Buckingham CFescent,

Victo , ia Park, lXfa,:cheste r, 3, 149.

Barrett, Sydney, 10, Lowfield Road, Stockpor1 , 2 1 r.

Booth, S . La wson (F.R. G. S. ), 72, RlJe Lane,

Southport, 6, 125, 142, 162, 188, 274.

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I 'DEX TO EXHIB ITORS

Booth, J ames W., Rhodes H ouse, Middleton, 123, 128.

79

.102,

Bottomley, E . , Bryn Berllan , Llandudno Jun ction, 105, 131, 147, 155, 267.

Bottomley, Albert, 7, Headingley Lane, Leeds, 169, 182.

Boyde]!, C., 10, Scottish Cham bers, 48, Castle Street, Liverpool.

Cannon, Ed ith Margaret, 7, Windsor R0ad,

Ealing, London, W., 46.

Christie, Miss Cor:stance 1\1 Tl L ., 1e ;rurels, Old

Colwyn, 39.

Cloug h, T., T he Hollies, Gl;.in Conway, North Wales, 98, 11 2, 124, 246.

Cockram, Geo., Rhos Neigr, TS- Croes, Anglesey.

Cole, T he Late ]. H., 17.

Cole, C., Llanbedr, Tal)rca fn, R S O '-· .. , 1I5, 119,

145, 157.

Coop, Hubert, Conway, 63, 200.

80 INDEX TO EXHIBITORS.

Copema n, Miss Constance G. (:\. R. E . ), 5, Bold Street, Liverpool, 80, go.

Corah, W. ]., Brnnygarth, Llangystenin, Conway,

_133, 161, 193. 197, 275, 283.

Cottrell, Wellesley, Birtsmorton, Gian Conway, North Wales, 282.

Crozier, Geo., Bolton-le-Sands, Carn forth, 191 , ICJ8,

229, 244, 25 I.

C ro zier, Miss Ann J. , 826, S tockport Road, l\Jan­ches ter, 59.

Davis. J . Pa in, Roualeyn, Trefriw, R.S.O., 44, 49.

D avies, J. H ey, 10, St. Mary's Parsonage, Manchester.

Douglas, J. (F. R. I. B. A.), Abbey Square, Chester.

Dixo n, N. G. , Alma House, Cambridge Road, Southport, 175. 1

Downing-, M. M. B., 10, Albany Mansions, Albert Bridge, London, S. W., 56.

E Ji·as, Arthur E., Llanrwst, 74, 75.

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I N DEX TO EXHIBITORS.

Elliott, Miss Edith M., 4, Denmark Road, Walsall, 107.

Finnemore, ]. (R. I.), Elmstone, Green La ne, North­wood, Middlesex.

Finnie, J. (R.E. ), Tywy n, Llandudno, r, IOo, 263, 268.

Firkins, VV. A., The 'vVillows, Barbourne, Worcester, 14, 85.

Fisher, B., Roe Wen, T a lycafn, R.S.O.

Fisher, J oshua, White Cross Cha mbers, 6, South Castle Street, Liverpool, 52.

Fowler, B. , Giandwr, T refriw, R.S.O., North \Vales, r 3, 37, 53, 23 1, 248.

Fowler, Robert (R.I.), ro, S. Castle Street, Liver-pool, 25, 88, 171, 183.

French, Percy, 2 1, Clifton Hill , London, N . W., 64.

Ghent, P., Deganwy, Llandudno, 284.

Grundy, Cuth bert C. (F.L.S.), Homefield, Black­pool, 77, 83.

82 INDEX TO EXHIBITORS.

Grundy, J. R. G., South Shore, Blackpool, 93.

Hagarty, Parker, 35, Castle Street, Cardiff.

Hague, Anderson (R. E.), Deganwy, Llandudno, II, 2I, 96, 104, 126, 136.

Hare, Julius, Port St. Mary, Isle of Man, 95, r 1 r.

Harrison, Geo , Mi11afon, Bettws-y-Coed , 94, 238, 241 .

Hartley; Richd. , The Bungalow, Zig Zag Road, Li ,(ard, Cheshire, 3 1.

Hayes, F. 'vV., 12, W estcroft Square, London, W.,

29. 35, 40, 41, 106, 167.

Herkomer, Prof. H . (R.A., R.W.S. , RE.)

H iles, H. E., r, MdroseTerrnce, Liscard, Cheshire, 32.

Hodson, S. J., (R.W.S. ), 7, Hillmartin Road, London, N.,

Holte, A. Brandish, The Cape, Warwick.

Howie, Miss Lily, 49 1 Arbow Street, Southport, 166.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITORS.

Hoyles, 13., Victoria House, Conway Road, Colwyn Bay, r 10.

Hughes, Harold , (A.R.I.B.A.), Arvonia Buildings, Bangor, 70.

Hughes, Leonard, Greenfield, Holywell, 146.

Hughes, Miss Lily Jones, r, Mena i V iew, Bangor, 50.

Humphreys, G. A. , (M.S.A.), Mostyn Estate Offi ce, Llandudno, 42.

Humphreys, Mrs.]. Kathleen, Ardwy Or111e, Llan­dudno, 87.

J ones, ]. Clin ton, Glenside, Talybont, Talycafn. R. S. 0 ' 148, I 84, 272.

J ones, S. !Vfourice, 18, Segontium Terrace, Car­narvon, 51, 57, 201, 222.

Kenda ll, Donald, Ingleside, Longland Road, Lis­card, Cheshire , 60, 156.

Kerridge, H . H., 18, Westmoreland Road, Liscarcl, Cheshi,·e, ror.

INDEX TO EXHIBITORS.

Kinsley, Albert, (R.B.A., R . I. ), 2, Corrine Road, Tufnel Park, London, N.

Knight, Joseph, (R. I. ), Tywyn, Near Llandudno,

24, 154, 2 I 2, 234, 245, 256.

Knight, Paul, The Studio, Llandudno, 68, 69, 72, 153. 158, 176.

Knowles, G. Sherid;in, (R. I.), 5, Parkhill Road

Studi ,1s, London, N. \V., 81, I 38, 177, 280.

Krause, Emil, Gyffin, Near Conway, 173.

Lavender, \V. R., 128, Manchester Road, South­port, 27.

La ngshaw, F. W., Heath House, Deganwy, Llan­dud,10, 2 13. 216, 232, 250.

Loud, A. Bertram, 19, Addisnn Road, North Holland Park, Lnndon, W., 79·

Magnus, Miss Emma, . Oak Drive, Fallov,;field, Manchester, 10, g r.

Magnu,, Rose, The Studio, Llanfairfechan, North \ V,de!<, 120, 278.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITORS. 85

1\-fakin, J. K., 2, Marine Terrace, Colwyn, N. Wales, 164.

Marks, B. S., Studio, Addison Hall, Kensington, London, W., 129, 141.

iVJ arks. Miss Gertrude C., IO, Matheson Road, West Kensington, W., 114.

Marks, Miss Anne, IO, Matheson Road, West Kensington, W., 7.

Marr, H amilton, Westerley House, Stratford-on­Avon, 67, 78, 84, 130, 174, 277.

McDougal, John, Minydon, Cemaes Bay, Angle­sey, 225, 255.

Measham, Henry, Mill Cott;ige, Talycafo, R.S.O., N. Wales, 185.

Meyer, Adolph C (A.R. E.), Arvonfa, Conway, 26, 38, 7 I , 1 50, 226, 264.

Morrison, R. E ., Liverpool a nd London Ch;imbers, Liverpool, 9, 22, 97, 170, 28r.

Murdcch, John, Shrewsbury House, Stafford, 54, 55.

86 INDEX TO EXHIBITORS.

Netherwood, A., Tywyn, Llandudno, 144.

Norbury, E. A., c/o H. S. King & Co., 45, Pall Mall, London, S. W.

Parker, John ( R. W. S. ), 51 Melina Place, Grove

End Road, St. John's Wood, Londo'n, N.vV., 202, 228, 260, 261.

Pennell, Harry, Marine Studio, Llanfairfechan, 82, 135, 151, 160, 180.

Perrin, Alfred F., Vaynol, Gian Conway. 20, 118,

143, 152, 242.

Perrin, Miss Clara C., Vaynol, Gian Conway, 253, 258.

Phillips, Thos., 50, Littledale Road, Seacombe, Cheshire, 62, r 79.

Philp, Miss Avis Nickels, r 32, Falkner Street, Li verpoo I, 1 86. 1

Pontin, George, Church House, Yapton, Arundel, Sussex, 30, 103.

Potter, C., Llanbedr Lodge, Talycafn, R.S. 0.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITORS. 8 ~~~~~~--~~~~.~~--~~- 7

Poynter, Sir E. J (P.R.A.).

Prescott-Davies, N. (R.B.A.), Cambria, 113, Haver­

stoc·k Hill, London, N. W., 8, 76, 127, 178.

Salmon, J. C., Elsinore, Deganwy, Lla ,1dudno, 43, 218, 224, 227, 235, 269.

Salmon, Miss Maud, Elsinore, Deganwy, near Llandudno, 252, 270.

Severn, Walter (P.D.G. ), 9, Earl's Court Square, London, S. W.

Seward, Edwin (F.R.I.B.A.), 55, Newport Road, Cardiff.

Short, R., 22, The Walk, Cardiff.

Sibley, F. T., Gwynfryn, The Junction, Conway, 132, 181, 271, 276.

Sibley, Mrs. F. T., Gwynfryn, The Junction, Conway, 247.

Simmons, Eyres, The Marsh, Conway, 265.

Slater, W. J., Arvon View, Junction, Conway, 12, 48, 99, 137, 223, 240A.

88 INDEX TO EXHIB ITORS.

Smith., Reginald (R.B.A ), 54, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol, 28, 165.

Spenlove, Frank Spenlove, (R.B.A.), Kent House,

r, Lansdowne Road, London, 'vV., r8, 134, 159.

Stephenson, W., Woodla nds, Conway, 58, 205,

208, 217, 219, 257.

Sullivan, W. H. , 3, Wellock Road, Bedford Park, London, W.

Sutcliffe, Lester, T he Studios, Sun Buildings,

Park Row, Leeds, 92, r 16.

Sutcliffe, Mrs . E. T., The Studios, Sun Bui ldings, Park Row, Leeds, 5.

Swinstead , G. Hillyard, (R. B. A.), The Studio, 24,

Weston Park, Crouch End, London, N . , I 17,

168, 262, 279.

T homas, T. H., (F.S.A.), 45, The Walk, Cardiff.

T homas, iVl iss D., 3, Sefton T errace, Lla ndudno,

34·

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INDEX TO EXHIBITORS.

T owers, James, Haverham, Kemsing, Near Seven­oaks, Kent, 214, 239, 243.

Towers, Samuel, Bron Avon, Near Junction, Con­way, 61, 196, 203, 204, 207, 209.

Turner, W . Brint, Southam Lodge, Deganwy, Lla ndudno, 65 , 66.

Vernon, R. Warren, c/o Mr. West, 115, Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage, London, 249.

Watts, G. F., (RA.)

Watts, J . T., 34, Lidderdale Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, 19, 121, 237, 259, 273.

W atts, Mrs. J. T . , 34, Lidderdale Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, 254.

W ebb, George, Llandudno College, Llandudno, 16.

Wevill, E. H., 417, Old Chester Road, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, 230.

Whaite, H. Clarence, (P.R.C.A., R.W.S.) , Presid­ent of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, Tyddyn Cynal, Conway, a nd 16, Douro Place, Victoria Road, London, W., 23, 172, 240.

89

90 INDEX TO EXHIBITORS.

V/hait e, Miss Lily F., Tyddyn Cynal, Conway, 236.

Wightman, Miss Isabel Smaile, Oakmede, Jesmoncl

Dene R t1ad, Newcastle-on-T yne, 73.

Williams, Alyn, Studio, 8, Holland Villas Road ,

London , W ., 47, 86.

vVindass, John , 12, Priory Street, York, 36.

Wood, G. Swinford, Bodlondeb, Conway, 15, 33,

108, 140, 163.

Wood, Albert S., Bodlondeb, Conway, 2 .

Woodyatt, Mrs. R . T. H., 13, Sandringham Gar­

dens, Ealing, W., 45.

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