2-799-095 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mr. Roberts, the Welsh Harper, 1844. Harpist with visual impairment: '...who awakens all our best recollections of the bards of old by his admirable performance. Although totally deprived of sight, that loss of sense seems to have been amply atoned for in the amazing perfection of his musical hearing. He has gained the principal prizes at the Estefodd [eisteddfod], and is decorated with a profusion of harps, medals, &c., the trophies of his triumphs...He is considered the best harper in Wales'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.