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Reverend William Jenkins Rees (1772-1855)
HUGHES, Hugh (1790 - 1863)
Date: 1826
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 128.0 x 103.0 cm
Acquired: 1912; Transfer; Cardiff Museum
Accession Number: NMW A 525
Born in Carmarthenshire, William Jenkins Rees (1772-1855) vicar of Casob, Radnorshire and prebendary of Christ College, Brecon, was a leader in the revitalisation of the Cymmrodorion Society and the Eisteddfod. The sitter noted 'the view Mr Hughes considered most expressive of my character is a three-quarter face and...he has drawn it with considerable success.'
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