A Tour through Monmouthshire and Wales, Made in the Months of June and July 1774. And in the Months of June, July, and August, 1777.

Name of traveller

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (1733-1794)

Reason for travel

• production of landscape sketches as illustrations for a travelguide

Date of travel

June to August 1777

Content

• art:
  • 16 engravings by various artists taken from Grimm's original sketches
  • depiction of Roman artefacts, landscapes, ruined castles and abbeys, occasionally of people situated in their surroundings
• customs: various small portraits of locals in country fashion; image of a coracle-man
• people: journey undertaken together with Henry Penruddocke Wyndham (1736-1819)
• travel: itinerary of the whole tour provided by Henry Penruddocke Wyndham in the preface
• transport: travel largely on horseback; coracle
• compare with archival collection of the original drawings
• click the following links for a selection of Grimm's plates: No. 2 -- Inside View of the Church of Eweny in Glamorganshire, No.3 -- The Inside of the Chapter House at Margam, No. 4 -- The Cataract of Melincourt near Neath in Glamorganshire, No. 5 -- Cilgarran Castle in Pembrokeshire, No. 6 -- View from the Devil’s Bridge, No. 7 -- A View from above the Pool of three Grains in Merionethshire, No. 8 -- The waterfall of Dol y Myllin in Merionethshire, No. 9 -- A View of the Vale of Ffestiniog, or Tan-y-Bwlch, in Merionethshire, No. 10 -- A view from below the Pont Aberglaslyn, No. 11 -- A View from the Pont Aberglaslyn which divides Merioneth from Caernarvonshire, No. 12 -- Caernarvon Castle, as Seen from the Opposite Side of the River Seint, No. 13 -- Dolbadern Castle. In Caernarvon-shire, No. 14 -- The Bridge of Llanrwst in Denbighshire, No. 15 -- A Landscape of the Country which surrounds the Abbey of Vallis Crucis in Denbighshire, No. 16 -- A View of the Abbey Church at Llantony from within the West Door

Nationality of traveller

Swiss and British

Language of publication

English

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

illustration

Citation

Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus. 1777. Etchings. Rpd. in Wyndham, Henry Penruddocke. A Tour through Monmouthshire and Wales, Made in the Months of June and July 1774. And in the Months of June, July, and August, 1777. 2nd ed. Salisbury: E. Easton, 1781. Print.