Anthem

Inside the image.

A square photographic cover shows a large male choir arranged in rows on a dark wooden platform, with a pale stone castle and open countryside behind them. The choir fills most of the lower half, extending nearly edge to edge. The front row is seated, with more members standing closely behind; they face the camera in dark navy suits, white shirts and ties, with small matching badges visible on several jackets. A woman in a purple patterned outfit sits near the centre of the front row. The group is framed from roughly knee height upwards, and their dark clothing forms a dense band against the lighter landscape.

Behind the choir, a broad green lawn slopes gently upwards towards a long, white castle on the left and centre. Its uneven roofline has chimneys and small turrets, and a taller, square grey stone tower rises near the right end. A low stone wall and trees continue to the right. The castle stands beneath a pale blue sky with soft cloud; at the far right, trees show bright orange and russet autumn foliage. The nearest foreground is a strip of dark brown wooden floorboards, visible below the seated singers. The landscape and building are brighter than the choir, creating a clear separation between the tiers of the composition.

White lettering sits in the open sky at the top. A bold, condensed line in capitals reads “WHITLAND AND DISTRICT MALE CHOIR”; beneath it, a smaller, fine, widely spaced line reads “CÔR MEIBION HENDY-GWYN A’R CYLCH”. At the bottom, over the dark floor and lower edge of the choir, the large word “ANTHEM” appears in pale lettering. Its slender, high-contrast serif capitals are widely spaced and span most of the cover’s width. The image is a straight-on group photograph with no visible border; the lettering is overlaid on the photograph.