Er Mwyn Yfory

Inside the image.

A square cover in a restricted palette of deep maroon, dark brown and dusty rose, with pale lettering and a more brightly coloured red title. Two people occupy the right half: a young woman in front and a taller man close behind her. The woman is shown from the chest up, her head tilted slightly back and mouth open; the man leans towards her, also with his mouth open. His bent arm crosses in front of her at chest level, and their hands meet near the lower centre. Both figures are cropped by the right and bottom edges. The man wears a light shirt with rolled sleeves and a dark waistcoat; the woman’s clothing is mostly obscured by the arm and the crop. Their faces and the man’s shirt are the lightest areas, standing out against the dark ground.

The background is filled edge to edge with a dim, reddish-brown image of theatrical masks and other loosely sketched, overlapping forms. A large face-like mask is visible at lower left, while further mask shapes and curved, indistinct marks appear behind the title and figures. The forms are low in contrast and partly obscured, so they read as a layered decorative backdrop rather than a clearly defined setting. The figures appear photographic, with soft tonal shading and a monochrome, rose-tinted treatment; the background has a drawn or printed appearance. The image has a slightly mottled, distressed look, especially in the dark areas, and no separate border.

At the upper left, a narrow line of small, pale uppercase lettering reads “CWMNI THEATR MEIRION”. Below it, the title “ER MWYN YFORY” dominates the left side in tall, irregular red capitals with thin pale edging and dark shadowing. The words are broken across three lines: “ER” above “MWYN”, then “YFORY” beneath, with thin red horizontal strokes extending around and between parts of the lettering. The title partly covers the faint background imagery and balances the larger photographic figures on the right.