Art UK has updated its cookies policy. By using this website you are agreeing to the use of cookies. To find out more read our updated Use of Cookies policy and our updated Privacy policy.

Snowdon from Llanfrothen

© the estate of Stanley Spencer. All rights reserved / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

How you can use this image

This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).

Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.

The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.

Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

Spencer resigned from the Royal Academy in 1935 after two of his works were rejected and in 1938 he was in dire financial straits. This view was painted at Llanfrothen, near Harlech, in September and early October of that year when he was staying with his first wife Hilda near Snowdon. Instead of locating the mountain in the centre of the composition, Spencer compressed it in the top right corner, concentrating attention on the fields and foothills rolling towards its peak.
Title

Snowdon from Llanfrothen

Date

1938

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 50.9 x W 76.2 cm

Accession number

NMW A 2166

Acquisition method

purchased from A. Tooth and Sons Ltd, 1938

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Backing board: 4 NMW Labels Label: LOAN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES FROM THE NATIOANL MUSEUM OF WALES Agnew's Galleries London 1956 STANLEY SPENCER Snowden from Llanfrothen CAT NO.550 Label: From NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES, CARDIFF CF1 3NP Stanley Spencer. Snowden from Llanfrothen Label: NMW 554 (inscribed) 38.841 Frame: Label: 341 ARTHUR TOOTH & SONS LTD FINE ART GALLERIES 155 NEW BOND ST LONDON W.1 Canvas Stamp: WINDSOR & NEWTON LONDON, ENGLAND Not signed or dated.

Tags

See a tag that’s incorrect or offensive? Challenge it and notify Art UK.

Help improve Art UK. Tag artworks and verify existing tags by joining the Tagger community.

National Museum Cardiff

Cathays Park, Cardiff (Caerdydd) CF10 3NP Wales

This venue is open to the public. Not all artworks are on display. If you want to see a particular artwork, please contact the venue.
View venue