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Llewelyn, John Dillwyn, 1810-1882

Polymath and nature photographer John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810-1882) was born at Swansea, Wales, where his maternal grandfather owned a number of estates. The family moved to Penllergare in 1817; upon coming of age, Llewelyn inherited his grandfather's property. Educated by private tutors, he matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford in 1827, and there he met many of the leading scientists of the day. This wide acquaintanceship with scholars, including emerging photographers, informed his early intellectual and aesthetic development.

Llewelyn was deeply interested in natural history. His estate at Penllergare was a supreme example of Victorian landscaping, with artificial lakes, a manmade waterfall, and many exotic plants. In the late 1830s, he began experimenting with calotypes and daguerreotypes as a method of documenting botanical specimens. His earliest daguerreotype is dated 1840, and in 1842 he used this process to send images of rare orchids to London's Kew Gardens for identification.

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