Quick Facts
Biography
John Ingleby (1749–1808) was a Welsh topographical artist who produced miniature watercolours for the antiquarian Thomas Pennant (1726–1798). He was born in Halkyn, Flintshire, to Hugh Ingleby and Ann Davies, where he lived for most of his life. The Inglebys originally came from Cornwall to Flintshire where they worked the lead mines at Halkyn; four years after John Ingleby's death, the family went bankrupt.
When he died in 1808 at his home village, church records indicate that he worked as a "limner" – a craftsmen who worked on a small scale, who was well established.
Work
The collection of Ingleby watercolours established at the National Library of Wales are mostly views of North Wales. His best work involve little townscapes which are full of detail, and are valuable records of life at those towns and villages in the 18th – early 19th century. The colours are usually transparent, soft and even.
- Selection of Ingleby paintings from the National Library
Aber Waterfall, 1796
Abernavas church & hall, 1795
Abervechan front, 1796
Abervechan rear, 1796
Anchoritage in St. John's Church yard, Chester, 1793
Aston, 1794
Berrew, 1796
Berse Chapel, 1794
Bettws, 1794
Birch, 1795
Breiddin Hills, Rodney's Pillar, 1794
Breyden Hills from Llanymynech, 1795
Brumbo House, 1794
Bryn Euryn, 1795
Bryn Euryn & Penmon Rhos, 1795
Bryn Tirion looking up & down, 1795
Bryn-Gwyn, 1795
Castell Caerenion, 1794
Cefn Amwlch, 1796
Cefn, house belonging to Roger Kenyon Esq, 1795
