Investiture of Prince of Wales, July 1969

Location

Country: UK
City: Wales
Place: Llandovery, Prince of Wales' Household, Llwynywermod (long-term loans)

Thomas Rathmell was born in Wallasey, Cheshire. He studied at Liverpool School of Art and the Royal College of Art. During the Second World War he produced industrial and naval camouflage for the Ministry of Home Security in London and Leamington Spa. Afterwards, he settled in Wales, becoming Head of Fine Art at Newport College of Art. He later became Vice-Principal (1949–72). A member of the Welsh Group and the Watercolour Society of Wales, Rathmell had a solo exhibition that toured Wales in 1956, followed by several exhibitions at Howard Roberts Gallery, Cardiff. A Welsh Arts Council retrospective was held in 1982. In 1969, Rathmell was commissioned by the Welsh Office to depict the Investiture of the Prince of Wales.

Places

Wales, Caernarfon, Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, River Seiont

Subjects

band, brass band music, musician, summer, Welsh, man, woman, crowd, robe, clerical costume, military uniform, bearskin, livery collar, flag, banner (as Subject), crown, police officer, nurse, Prince, Queen, soldier, guardsman, clergyman, investiture, path, castle, chair, ship

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Thomas Rathmell (1912 - 1996)

Title

Investiture of Prince of Wales, July 1969

Date

1969-1970

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 158.00 cm, width: 188.50 cm

Acquisition

Commissioned from the artist, January 1970

Inscription

bl: Thomas Rathmell ; verso, tl: INVESTITURE, CAERNARVON, JULY 1, 1969 / THOMAS RATHMELL / SEPT. 69 / FEB 1. 70

Provenance

Commissioned 1969

GAC number

8995