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Construction began on the Menai Suspension bridge #onthisday 1819, under the guidance of Thomas Telford. This was the longest suspension bridge at the time.
Are you preparing your traditional costumes to compete in the @eisteddfod_eng next week? Here are some lovely images of traditional Welsh costumes from the Drawing Volumes: https://t.co/wme1q8GoA4
If you’re competing in the #RoyalWelshShow this week – good luck! This is ‘Seven cattle in the mountains’ by Kyffin Williams @royalwelshshow #LoveArt
Being from South Wales, Caryl Roese was first introduced to Welsh Paintings per se by the Polish artist Josef Herman who she knew as a child in Ystradgynlais. Learn how the Roese Collection of Contemporary Welsh Paintings developed in her guest blog post - https://t.co/FY7m5zSDIG
An opportunity to celebrate the life and work of one of Wales’s consummate composers and musicians on what would have been his birthday; in the company of Terence Gilmore-James. TOMORROW @ 1pm. Free admission by ticket: https://t.co/Ml9yiFfEYI
Drawings can teach us a lot about how people in Wales lived in the past. This collection of South Wales characters is by George Delamotte, shows the dress of ordinary people at the beginning of the 19th century. #Archives30 https://t.co/HFmOqVEn4Q
Where did the Welsh costume come from? It’s mainly associated with Augusta Hall, who designed the costume to include a hat, petticoat and bedgown. In the 1830s Hall asked A. Cadwaladr to create a series of watercolours of Welsh county costumes. https://t.co/MXKtAJyp5T #Archives30
The renowned Polish-born artist Josef Herman escaped persecution during the Holocaust and moved to Ystradgynlais, a mining community in South Wales, in 1944. Many of his works are held at the Library. #HolocaustMemorial https://t.co/LCx5lxxrCb
Looking for something to do? Why not browse through the Library blog? It's full of interesting stories https://t.co/ni1k1ZTXOf