BENJAMIN WILLIAMS LEADER (BRITISH 1831-1923)BETWS-Y-COED CHURCHYARDOil on canvas laid down on boardSigned and dated 1864 (lower left)39.3 x 59.3cm (15¼ x 23¼ in.)Provenance:Sale, Sotheby's, Stockholm, 13 June 1990, lot 38Private collection, Diana and Martin Barnes, OxfordshireThe scene is of the churchyard around the old fourteenth century church of St. Michael and All Angels in the village of Betws-Y-Coed, North Wales. Throughout his career Leader painted many pictures from different viewpoints of this little church, another work from a similar perspective is in the collection of the National Library of Wales.