View of Cardiff Castle, the church and part of the town on the approach from Cowbridge

'View of Cardiff Castle, the church and part of the town on the approach from Cowbridge. This castle, the property of the Marquis of Bute, has in late years undergone great alterations which have much changed the appearance & plan of the original pile. The tower in which Robt Duke of Normandy died is unalterd. Glamorganshire.'

Roedd John ‘Warwick’ Smith (1749-1831) yn arlunydd dyfrlliw enwog iawn yn ei ddydd. Rhwng 1784 a 1806 ymwelodd yn aml â Chymru ac mae’n amlwg iddo gael ei hudo gan y wlad. Yng nghasgliad y Llyfrgell, ceir 162 llun dyfrlliw sy’n dangos ffrwyth ei waith paentio tra’r oedd ar ei deithiau yma.