Generations of Cardiffians have loved the magical, whimsical Animal Wall which was designed by William Burges in 1866 and added to in 1931. We originally created an Animal Wall poster for a very well received homeless charity campaign with St David's shopping centre in 2017 called We Loves The 'Diff. People loved it – they even queued for it – so we've reprised the stylised artwork for these new FOUR fabulous A3 size posters and greetings cards. We're so happy with how they've turned out. We hope that you loves 'em.
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Animal Wall/Mur yr Anifeiliaid A3 posters, £13.99 each
(...or buy the 2 kids ones together for just £17.99)
P&P: £3.80 (flat fee on posters)
Bilingual, bright and beautiful, these A3 (42cm x 29.7cm) prints come in eggshell blue or deep red. For kids, we've created two fun posters (see below) featuring the names of the animals in both English and Cymraeg.
Professionally printed on 300gsm tintoretto gesso paper which has a lovely heavy, slightly mottled feel but bright colours and pin-sharp finish. They really do look lush.
Postage (Royal Fail) and packing for loose posters is just a flat £3.80 fee. If we can refund this (if you buy other stuff, like), then we will.
SEE FRAMING OPTIONS BELOW! |
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You can buy both A3 kids prints shown above for just £17.99. They can be stuck together as above or framed and hung side by side as shown below. (Buy them individually above.)
Did you know that the animals once sat right outside the front gates but were moved in 1922 due to road widening? Did you also know that the original batch of nine animals sculptured by Thomas Nicholls have glass eyes and initially were realistically painted too? A second batch of six animals (created by Alexander Carrick) was added in 1931.
The Animal Wall comprises a pelican, anteater (morgrugysor), a pair of cwtching raccoons (racwn), a leopard (llewpard), beaver (afanc), vulture (fwltur), hyena (udfil), wolf (blaidd), two baboons (dau fabwn), a seal (Billy? Morlo), bear (arth), lioness (llewes), lynx (lyncs), and two lions (llew) with shields located on the castle's side gate.
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Order an Animal Wall A3 print professionally framed here: £50 including local delivery
Professionally framed and hand delivered in the Cardiff area by us – or sent by courier. You have a choice of black, white and oak effect frames. All come with a crisp white mount.
Please choose which print you want and whether you need local delivery (includes Caerphilly, Pontypridd and Newport – if in doubt, please email), or courier. Then choose the type of frame you want.
Please note, these images are mock-ups and are not to scale. |
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