Photographs by Robert Thompson Crawshay

This is a collection of photographs by Robert Thompson Crawshay, one of the Crawshay ‘Iron Kings’ and Ironmaster of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks. Born in 1817, Robert Thompson Crawshay was the 4th in a line of Crawshay Ironmasters. The eldest son of William Crawshay II’s second marriage, Robert took over as the Ironmaster of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks upon his father’s retirement. Aside from managing one of the World’s largest ironworks, Robert was also a passionate music lover starting his own brass band, the Cyfarthfa Band. At the age of 42 Robert’s health began to deteriorate after suffering from a bout of meningitis and a stroke, leaving him totally deaf and unable to listen to his beloved music. To distract from this, Robert took up photography, a new pursuit that only the rich could afford. Over the next 20 years of his life, Robert dedicated much of his time to photography and even had a new photographic studio built at his home of Cyfarthfa Castle.

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