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Mountain Landscape - Cwm Trifaen

Alfred William Hunt, 1856

National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff

This fine watercolour is one of Alfred William HuntÂ’s finest paintings of Wales. It shows the upper end of Cwm Tryfan, a glaciated valley in Snowdonia, seen from the upper reaches of Nant Gwern y Gof. The peak of Glyder Fach can be seen through the mist on the horizon, while the flank of the Tryfan mountain can be seen to the right.

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Title of artwork, date

Mountain Landscape - Cwm Trifaen, 1856

Date supported

2014

Medium and material

Watercolour and bodycolour on paper

Dimensions

26.7 x 38.7 cm

Grant

20000

Total cost

70000

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