An image display apparatus, comprising: a display panel (10, 114) including a front surface on which an image is displayed; a base plate (50, 104) disposed behind the display panel (10, 114), the base plate (50, 104) being a plate-shaped component formed using a metal plate; a light guide plate (12, 122) disposed between the display panel (10, 114) and the base plate (50, 104); a light source (60, 120) that is elongated, disposed along an edge of the base plate (50, 104), and emits light incident on an edge face of the light guide plate (12, 122); a light source cover (70, 110) that is elongated and covers a front of the light source (60, 120); and a corner component (30, 112a-112d) (i) that is disposed along a corner of the base plate (50, 104), (ii) that laterally supports the display panel (10, 114), and (iii) includes a portion that overlaps the light source cover (70, 110) in a front to back direction, wherein the corner component (30, 112a-112d) includes an engagement hole (31a, 31b), the corner of the base plate (50, 104) includes a protrusion (51a, 51b) such that the engagement hole (31a, 31b) is inserted in the protrusion (51a, 51b) so as to fix the corner component (30, 112a-112d) to the base plate (50, 104), the image display apparatus further comprises at least one optical sheet (16, 17, 136, 138) disposed between the light guide plate (12, 122) and the display panel (10, 114), wherein the corner component (30, 112a-112d) is disposed at each of four corners of the base plate (50, 104) that is rectangular in a front view, the four corners each being the corner, and a support that supports the at least one optical sheet is disposed on the base plate (50, 104) between two of the corner components disposed at two adjacent ones of the four corners. a display panel (10, 114) including a front surface on which an image is displayed; a base plate (50, 104) disposed behind the display panel (10, 114), the base plate (50, 104) being a plate-shaped component formed using a metal plate; a light guide plate (12, 122) disposed between the display panel (10, 114) and the base plate (50, 104); a light source (60, 120) that is elongated, disposed along an edge of the base plate (50, 104), and emits light incident on an edge face of the light guide plate (12, 122); a light source cover (70, 110) that is elongated and covers a front of the light source (60, 120); and a corner component (30, 112a-112d) (i) that is disposed along a corner of the base plate (50, 104), (ii) that laterally supports the display panel (10, 114), and (iii) includes a portion that overlaps the light source cover (70, 110) in a front to back direction, wherein the corner component (30, 112a-112d) includes an engagement hole (31a, 31b), the corner of the base plate (50, 104) includes a protrusion (51a, 51b) such that the engagement hole (31a, 31b) is inserted in the protrusion (51a, 51b) so as to fix the corner component (30, 112a-112d) to the base plate (50, 104), the image display apparatus further comprises at least one optical sheet (16, 17, 136, 138) disposed between the light guide plate (12, 122) and the display panel (10, 114), wherein the corner component (30, 112a-112d) is disposed at each of four corners of the base plate (50, 104) that is rectangular in a front view, the four corners each being the corner, and a support that supports the at least one optical sheet is disposed on the base plate (50, 104) between two of the corner components disposed at two adjacent ones of the four corners.