Archive Farms Mary Dillwyn (1816-1906), claimed to be the earliest female photographer in Wales, took amateur photographs of flowers, animals, family and friends in the 1840s and 1850s. She was the younger sister of the more widely recognized photographer John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810-1882) who developed new photographic techniques. Most of the photographs taken by Dillwyn are small calotypes. Her images are more spontaneous and natural than those of other photographers of the period. Her interest in photography appears to have ended in 1857 when she married Montague Earle Welby.
