Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Reverend Thomas Thomas (1805-1881)

James Milo Griffith was born in Pembrokeshire and trained at the Royal Academy. He had numerous Welsh clients and later taught sculpture in San Francisco. The Reverend Thomas Thomas (1805 - 1881) was a minister and the Principle of the Baptist College, Pontypool. This posthumous bust was commissioned by his son Thomas Henry Thomas (1839 - 1915) a naturalist, artist and antiquarian, who donated many works to the Cardiff Museum and the National Museum of Wales.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 2985

Creation/Production

GRIFFITH, James Milo
Date: 1887

Acquisition

Bequest, 1/12/1924
Cymynrodd T. H. Thomas, 1924 T. H. Thomas bequest, 1924

Measurements

Height (cm): 65.4
Width (cm): 41
Depth (cm): 28
Height (in): 25
Width (in): 16
Depth (in): 11

Techniques

marble
Techniques (sculpture)
Fine Art - sculpture

Material

marble

Location

In store
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