Gwin Yr Hwyrnos

Inside the image.

A square, softly focused colour photograph shows a man and a woman seated close together at a table, each holding a glass of red wine. They fill most of the lower two-thirds of the cover and face the camera. The man sits on the left, slightly behind the woman; she is on the right and leans towards him. Their glasses meet near the centre, drawing the eye between their faces and hands.

The man has short, tousled grey hair and a moustache. He wears a bright blue shirt beneath a dark waistcoat, and holds a stemmed glass in his right hand. The woman has voluminous, curly dark brown hair and wears a white blouse with a high ruffled front and cuffs beneath a dark sleeveless garment. She holds her glass with both hands. A pale table edge is visible along the bottom, with the dark clothing and shadows merging into it.

The domestic-looking room behind them is crowded with small details. At upper left, a dark window or glazed panel is crossed by a diamond-patterned metal grille; a few indistinct objects sit behind or in front of it. A lamp with a broad cream shade stands between the pair, its stem mostly obscured. The wall at upper right is pale yellow. A dark, roughly rectangular title panel overlays this area and partly covers the background. The figures and room are closely cropped, with no visible border.

Blue, black and white clothing stands out against the warm beige and brown interior. The man’s shirt is the strongest area of blue, echoed by the blue lettering in the title panel. Light falls most clearly on the faces, the woman’s blouse and the table, while the lower edges and parts of the background remain shadowed. The photograph has a muted, slightly hazy appearance, with soft edges and visible loss of fine detail.

At the top right, a black rectangular panel carries large white serif capitals reading “IONA ac ANDY”. Beneath this, smaller blue lettering reads “gwin yr hwyrnos”, flanked by small blue diamond shapes. The lettering is centred within the panel; the tall, narrow capitals contrast with the more compact lower line. The panel sits over the photograph rather than within a separate border.