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Machynlleth children get up close and personal with art from The National Library of Wales

19.03.2025 On Wednesday 19 March 2025, the pupils of Ysgol Bro Hyddgen had the special experience of seeing the painting Ovis Alarmed (1973) by Tony Steele-Morgan brought right into their…  

Kayley Roberts

Kayley is a nonbinary therapist and writer from Caernarfon. Kayley’s debut novel Lladd Arth will be released in 2025 by Y Lolfa.   In this commission, Kayley employs fictional realism to…  

Soma Ghosh

Soma Ghosh Soma Ghosh is a writer, performer and podcaster working in fiction, non-fiction and arts and culture journalism. In response to Welsh broadcasting legend Vincent Kane interviewing the…  

Mair Jones

Mair Jones is a freelance writer and historian from rural Ceredigion, who runs Queer Welsh Stories blogs and workshops. Mair is also currently the Cymraeg Editor for Poetry Wales and has worked…  

Turner and Wales

Who was J M W Turner?  J M W Turner (1775-1851) is acknowledged as the most important landscape artist in the history of art in the British Isles. His contribution to every aspect of his…  

Copyright

The National Library of Wales owns, generates and uses works that are protected by copyright. When collecting, preserving and providing access to those works, it is important that rights are…  

Welsh Official Publications

Under terms of the Copyright act of 1911 and the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003, the Library would expect to have almost complete coverage for all printed format Official publications that have…  

Sitters

Sitters Amongst the thousands of portraits from the Library’s Collections which are now available to view online, a selection is showcased in this section, with brief biographies of the ‘sitters’…  

Artists / Photographers

Artists / Photographers This section of the website offers a glimpse into the lives of a selection of notable artists, engravers and photographers, whose portraits are represented in the Library’s…  

Formats

Formats A wide variety of formats are represented in the Library’s Portrait Collection, representing the developments in portraiture techniques over time. Items range from pocket-sized…  

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