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Iolo Williams

Also known as: Iolo Williams; primary name: Williams, Iolo Aneurin
Details: individual; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1890-1962
Biography: Museums correspondent of 'The Times' from 1936. Collector of and writer on English drawings, and friend of Edward Croft-Murray. Author of 'Early English Watercolours', 1952. Gave 50 drawings to the BM in 1955 in memory of his uncle, Canon Arthur Sutton Valpy and his aunt Mrs Bertha Valpy. Gave 24 drawings to the BM in 1960 to mark his 70th birthday, and in 1962 bequeathed 65 more drawings, mostly by artists unrepresented in the collection.
Bibliography: Catalogue of the Iolo Williams bequest, BM P&D 1962 (cyclostyled)

225 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.23 |
Producer name: BIOG47759 Drawn by:Thomas Sunderland |
Production date: 1744-1823

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.6 |
Producer name: BIOG18449 Drawn by:Francis Barlow |
Production date: 1626-1704

drawing; modern cartoon

Museum number: 1955,0709.41 |
Producer name: BIOG28105 Drawn by:Harry Furniss |
Production date: 1869-1925

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.20 |
Producer name: BIOG22620 Drawn by:Jean Baptiste Chatelain |
Production date: 1710-1771

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.13 |
Producer name: BIOG30969 Drawn by:Sir George Hayter |
Production date: 1851

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.13 |
Producer name: BIOG21431 Drawn by:Edward Burne-Jones |
Production date: 1886

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.4 |
Producer name: BIOG48250 Drawn by:William Makepeace Thackeray |
Production date: 1841

drawing

Museum number: 1956,0910.2 |
Producer name: BIOG20082 Drawn by:François Boitard |
Production date: 1694-1717

drawing; modern cartoon

Museum number: 1955,0709.44 |
Producer name: BIOG48183 Drawn by:Sir John Tenniel |
Production date: 1893

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.11 |
Producer name: BIOG30969 Drawn by:Sir George Hayter |
Production date: 1792-1871

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.6 |
Producer name: BIOG37819 Drawn by:Phil May |
Production date: 1894

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.7 |
Producer name: BIOG21929 Drawn by:Caran d'Ache |
Production date: 1858-1909

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.58 |
Producer name: BIOG47966 Drawn by:John Talman |
Production date: 1699

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1124.6 |
Producer name: BIOG42649 Drawn by:James Price |
Production date: 1842-1876

drawing; architectural drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.62 |
Producer name: BIOG49406 Drawn by:John Vardy |
Production date: 1700-1765

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.16 |
Producer name: BIOG50387 Drawn by:Charles Warren |
Production date: 1835

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.27 |
Producer name: BIOG25601 Drawn by:John Downman |
Production date: 1779

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.15 |
Producer name: BIOG21418 Drawn by:Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington |
Production date: 1699-1758

drawing

Museum number: 1956,0910.1 |
Producer name: BIOG20082 Drawn by:François Boitard |
Production date: 1719

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.18 |
Producer name: BIOG50387 Drawn by:Charles Warren |
Production date: 1762-1823

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.3 |
Producer name: BIOG30969 Drawn by:Sir George Hayter |
Production date: 1792-1871

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1124.4 |
Producer name: BIOG42649 Drawn by:James Price |
Production date: 1842-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.16 |
Producer name: BIOG43426 Drawn by:John Renton |
Production date: 1799-1839

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.7 |
Producer name: Drawn by:J B CumingManner/Style of:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1812

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.59 |
Producer name: BIOG48544 Drawn by:Peter Tillemans |
Production date: 1684-1734

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.2 |
Producer name: BIOG29615 Drawn by:Sir Francis Grant |
Production date: 1803-1878

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.6 |
Producer name: BIOG30969 Drawn by:Sir George Hayter |
Production date: 1792-1871

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.3 |
Producer name: BIOG20777 Drawn by:Rev William Bree |
Production date: 1803

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.27 |
Producer name: BIOG29435 Drawn by:Francis Carruthers Gould |
Production date: 1844-1924

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0425.78 |
Producer name: BIOG50337 Drawn by:James Ward |
Production date: 1769-1859

drawing; modern cartoon

Museum number: 1955,0709.43 |
Producer name: BIOG48183 Drawn by:Sir John Tenniel |
Production date: 1891

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.24 |
Producer name: BIOG24103 Drawn by:William Crotch |
Production date: 1809

drawing; architectural drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.49 |
Producer name: BIOG33661 Drawn by:William Kent |
Production date: 1730-1740

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.69 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Gaspare DizianiFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini |
Production date: 1779-1850

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.9 |
Producer name: BIOG26503 Drawn by:J England |
Production date: 1746-1800

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.30 |
Producer name: BIOG35251 Drawn by:John Leech |
Production date: 1832-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.14 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William ParminterAfter:Charles Parrocel |
Production date: 1750

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.37 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Drawn by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1864

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.9.1 |
Producer name: BIOG18842 Drawn by:Lady Diana Beauclerk |
Production date: 1734-1808

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7068.2 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1760-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.10 |
Producer name: BIOG18842 Drawn by:Lady Diana Beauclerk |
Production date: 1734-1808

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.21 |
Producer name: BIOG47526 Drawn by:Thomas Stowers |
Production date: 1730-1800

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.30 |
Producer name: BIOG26188 Drawn by:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1783

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.22 |
Producer name: BIOG47526 Drawn by:Thomas Stowers |
Production date: 1730-1800

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1124.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44240 Drawn by:Sir William Charles Ross |
Production date: 1794-1860

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.48 |
Producer name: BIOG35373 Drawn by:Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton |
Production date: 1878

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.47 |
Producer name: BIOG33661 Drawn by:William Kent |
Production date: 1685-1748

drawing; envelope

Museum number: 1939,0104.1 |
Producer name: BIOG23624 Drawn by:Edward Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1816-1905

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.28 |
Producer name: BIOG33577 Drawn by:Charles Keene |
Production date: 1823-1891

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.4 |
Producer name: BIOG22689 Drawn by:Francis Chesham |
Production date: 1749-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.28 |
Producer name: BIOG24364 Drawn by:Nicholas Thomas Dall |
Production date: 1774

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.64 |
Producer name: BIOG29864 Drawn by:William Grimaldi |
Production date: 1805-1815

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0509.75 |
Producer name: BIOG47663 Drawn by:Sir James Stuart |
Production date: 1821-1829

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.13 |
Producer name: BIOG20925 Drawn by:John Britton |
Production date: 1771-1857

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.16 |
Producer name: BIOG25614 Drawn by:John Doyle (HB) |
Production date: 1797-1868

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.63 |
Producer name: BIOG50731 Drawn by:W Wellings |
Production date: 1793-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.5 |
Producer name: BIOG37819 Drawn by:Phil May |
Production date: 1893

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.31 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1775-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.26 |
Producer name: BIOG25491 Drawn by:John Donowell |
Production date: 1746-1800

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.50 |
Producer name: BIOG33661 Drawn by:William Kent |
Production date: 1729-1731

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.47 |
Producer name: BIOG35373 Drawn by:Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton |
Production date: 1830-1896

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.67 |
Producer name: BIOG29864 Drawn by:William Grimaldi |
Production date: 1764-1830

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.50 |
Producer name: BIOG36449 Drawn by:Egron Sellif Lundgren |
Production date: 1815-1875

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.8 |
Producer name: BIOG30969 Drawn by:Sir George Hayter |
Production date: 1857

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1124.7 |
Producer name: BIOG42649 Drawn by:James Price |
Production date: 1842-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.32 |
Producer name: BIOG37819 Drawn by:Phil May |
Production date: 1897

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.23 |
Producer name: BIOG23569 Drawn by:Richard Cooper II |
Production date: 1740-1814

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1955,0709.8 |
Producer name: BIOG52248 Drawn by:George Du Maurier |
Production date: 1893

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1960,0716.24 |
Producer name: BIOG47860 Drawn by:Edward Swinburne |
Production date: 1765-1829

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1955,0709.26 |
Producer name: BIOG29435 Drawn by:Francis Carruthers Gould |
Production date: 1900

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1955,0709.18 |
Producer name: BIOG29435 Drawn by:Francis Carruthers Gould |
Production date: 1900

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1955,0709.19 |
Producer name: BIOG48134 Drawn by:Arthur Kemp Tebby |
Production date: 1888

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1955,0709.24 |
Producer name: BIOG29435 Drawn by:Francis Carruthers Gould |
Production date: 1900

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2002,0928.37 |
Producer name: BIOG18861 Drawn by:Sir George Beaumont |
Production date: 1790

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1955,0709.35 |
Producer name: BIOG44874 Drawn by:Edward Linley Sambourne |
Production date: 1899

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1955,0709.2 |
Producer name: BIOG28937 Drawn by:Sir William Schwenck Gilbert |
Production date: 1836-1898

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1955,0709.9 |
Producer name: BIOG33577 Drawn by:Charles Keene |
Production date: 1823-1883

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1955,0709.25 |
Producer name: BIOG29435 Drawn by:Francis Carruthers Gould |
Production date: 1900

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.22 |
Producer name: BIOG23525 Drawn by:Henry Cooke |
Production date: 1660-1700

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1962,0714.19 |
Producer name: BIOG22463 Drawn by:Sir William Chambers |
Production date: 1742-1757

drawing; architectural drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.61 |
Producer name: BIOG49406 Drawn by:John Vardy |
Production date: 1759

drawing; architectural drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.60 |
Producer name: BIOG49406 Drawn by:John Vardy |
Production date: 1759

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.8 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1761-1825

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.32 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1775-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.34 |
Producer name: BIOG70242 Drawn by:George IV, King of the United Kingdom |
Production date: 1818

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.53 |
Producer name: BIOG42861 Drawn by:Lorenzo Quaglio I |
Production date: 1745-1804

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.46 |
Producer name: Drawn by:James MooreDrawn by:Edward Dayes |
Production date: 1792

drawing

Museum number: 1956,0414.3 |
Producer name: BIOG37001 Drawn by:Thomas Manby |
Production date: 1633-1695

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.10 |
Producer name: BIOG30969 Drawn by:Sir George Hayter |
Production date: 1792-1871

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.5 |
Producer name: BIOG30969 Drawn by:Sir George Hayter |
Production date: 1792-1871

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311.84 |
Producer name: BIOG22246 Drawn by:George Cattermole |
Production date: 1800-1868

drawing

Museum number: 1934,0528.1 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Circle/School of:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1621-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.15 |
Producer name: BIOG32433 Drawn by:Frederick Yeates Hurlstone |
Production date: 1800-1869

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0104.9 |
Producer name: BIOG30969 Drawn by:Sir George Hayter |
Production date: 1857

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.15 |
Producer name: BIOG41401 Drawn by:James Peace |
Production date: 1771-1827

drawing; modern cartoon

Museum number: 1955,0709.45 |
Producer name: BIOG48183 Drawn by:Sir John Tenniel |
Production date: 1896

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0709.51 |
Producer name: BIOG36449 Drawn by:Egron Sellif Lundgren |
Production date: 1815-1875

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.14 |
Producer name: BIOG21081 Drawn by:Mather Brown |
Production date: 1761-1831

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.35 |
Producer name: BIOG29713 Drawn by:James Green |
Production date: 1746-1800

drawing; modern cartoon

Museum number: 1955,0709.46 |
Producer name: BIOG48434 Drawn by:Hugh Thomson |
Production date: 1895