Unlike her male counterparts, Dillwyn preferred a small camera which, as it only needed short exposure times, provided her with the opportunity to take more spontaneous photographs that captured the intimate moments of her family and friends in Victorian life.

[2] Her interest in photography appears to have ended in 1857 when she married Reverend Montague Earle Welby.

[4] Photographs taken by Dillwyn have been preserved in albums acquired by the National Library of Wales.

It contains views of the Dillwyn Llewelyn home at Penllergare, portraits of family and friends and studies of flowers and birds.

[6] She managed to capture the fleeting expression of her young nephew, William Mansel Llewelyn, known as ‘Willy’ (d.1866)[7] as he gazed intently at something off camera.