Postcard 'Bellringer of Caernarvon in costume of trade' by John Cambrian Rowland

Postcard reproduction of 'Bellringer of Caernarvon in costume of trade by Welsh artist John Cambrian Rowland.

Commissioned by the National Library to coincide with its exhibition 'Dim Celf Cymreig-No Welsh Art' (16/11/24-6/9/25), and exclusive to NLW, what better way to share a momento of the exhibition?

Measures: 10.5cm x 14.75cm.

John Cambrian Rowland was born in the small village of Lledrod, Ceredigion, mid-west Wales in 1819 and later established himself as an artist in the nearby coastal town of Aberystwyth. He often received patronage from the local minor gentry and his practice took him around Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Radnorshire. His style typified the artisan painters of this period. Following the advent of photography in 1839, many such artisan painters fell into poverty as demand for their work declined, but Rowland was unique in that he evolved his style accordingly, in order to remain relevant.