Timed to overlap with a major international exhibition of paintings by the artist Richard Wilson (1714-1782), this conference brings together a range of experts to explore the influence of Greece and Rome on travellers to Romantic–era Wales and Scotland. Reflecting the diverse nature of travel writing at this period, we will be discussing textual/pictorial/antiquarian/scientific responses to Welsh and Scottish landscapes in the second half of the C18th. How far did writers and artists construct an opposition between Northern/Mediterranean cultures? And to what extent were their perceptions of the British past in British landscapes in fact influenced and informed by Classical models? Attendance is free, but registration required (by 1 September).