Summary
Five years ago a mystery sketchbook surfaced in a West Wales antiques shop. The drawings, all of exceptional quality, were significant "new'' old views of South Wales, mainly Swansea and Briton Ferry. But the book contained no dates and nothing to indicate who the artist was.
Swansea historian Bernard Morris alerted West Glamorgan Archive Service, prompting one of the most challenging searches in local history. Who was the sublime sketcher? When and why was he in the area?See the full content of this document
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Sketches Shine a Light On the Past
Now they know - and so do we. The mystery has not only been solved, it has resulted in a beautiful new book which replicates, as far as possible, the original sketchbook and contains the first full account of the art...
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