Background:

These detailed engraved prints present views of North and South Wales based on drawings by Henry Gastineau (1791-1876), a British topographer and landscape artist.   Gastineau also prepared the steel engraved plates from which the prints were produced.  The scenery presented includes "towns, castles, seats of nobility & gentry, antiquities, etc)."

Some of the most interesting - and haunting - prints from this series feature ruins of Welsh Castles and Cathedrals, reminiscent of the Ruined Abbeys of Great Britain prints featured on our site.