A Tour in Wales

A Tour in Wales

1778
Thomas Pennant
1726-1798

Thomas Pennant’s account documents his tour of Wales in 1771, including a trip to Snowden, the highest mountain in Wales. A Tour in Wales is both a guidebook and a history, documenting Pennant’s attentiveness to the remnants of Welsh antiquity wherever he traveled. An influential publication, it became a handbook for traveling artists, intellectuals, and tourists.

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Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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T. Pennant, *A Tour in Wales*, frontispiece
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T. Pennant, *A Tour in Wales* MDCCLXX, plate I
T. Pennant, A Tour in Wales MDCCLXX, plate I Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Wales MDCCLXX, plate I, Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts
T. Pennant, *A Tour in Wales* MDCCLXX, plate V
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T. Pennant, *A Tour in Wales* MDCCLXX, plate VIII
T. Pennant, A Tour in Wales MDCCLXX, plate VIII Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Wales MDCCLXX, plate VIII, Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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