Moel Siabod from below Capel Curig

Details

Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (1831-1923)
Moel Siabod from below Capel Curig
signed and dated 'B.W.LEADER.1915.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 24¼ in. (41 x 61.5 cm.)

Provenance

with W.H.Patterson Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1973, lot 154.
with Leslie & Peel, Kent, by 1973.

Literature

Supplement to Country Life, 8 November 1973, p. 61, illustrated.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Leader depicts the Llugwy below Capel Curig, where the water cascades over stepping stones before running under Pont Cyfyng (the stone bridge on the old Holyhead road). The white building in the middle distance is the Cae Gwegi farmhouse, which is also visible in the previous lot.

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