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Portrait of Robert Howell Vaughan, aged c.60
PARRY, William (1742-1791
William Parry trained in London under the fashionable British portrait painter Joshua Reynolds. He maintained a healthy career in Wales, thanks to the support of the Williams-Wynn family of Wynnstay. He was a friend of Thomas Jones, and the son of celebrated harpist, John Parry.
Hyfforddwyd William Parry yn Llundain gan y peintiwr portreadau Prydeinig ffasiynol Joshua Reynolds. Fe lwyddodd i ddilyn gyrfa lewyrchus yng Nghymru, diolch i gefnogaeth y teulu Williams-Wynn o Wynnstay. Roedd yn gyfaill i Thomas Jones, ac yn fab i’r telynor John Parry.)
Robert Howell Vaughan worked for a while as a surgeon in Chester. In 1783 he succeeded his spendthrift brother at Hengwrt in Merioneth, and also inherited Nannau. He began to rebuild the house in 1788 and was created a baronet in 1791. He is shown here in Van Dyck' fancy dress, and wears the badge of the Anglesey Druidical Society, a gentlemen's drinking and charitable society, which met in Beaumaris.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 29362
Creation/Production
PARRY, William
Date: 1784 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 9/12/2008
Measurements
Height
(cm): 76.8
Width
(cm): 66
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Location
In store
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