The Fall of the River Mynach _ Devil's Bridge. Cardiganshire.
Drawn by T. Compton. Engraved by G. Hunt. Pub.d 1828 by T. Clay, 18 Ludgate Hill, London. Aquatint, printed in blue and sepia. 290 x 195mm (11½ x 7¾") very large margins. Tear in top margin. A waterfall flanked by woods, under Pontarfynach, a village in Ceredigion famed for having two (now three) successive bridges built one on top of each other. A man looks down over the edge. Oridinarily this print would have been finished with hand colouring. Originally published in Thomas Compton's 'Northern Cambrian Mountains', this print was later published in 'The Cambrian Mountains; or A Tour Through Wales', 1851. Hickman: p.176.
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