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Robert Davies of Gwysaney (1616-1666)
LEIGH, Thomas (operative 1635-1643)
Robert Davies of Gwysaney is dressed as a gentleman in his gold-coloured doublet and wide collar. He was High Sheriff of Flintshire, and like most of the Welsh gentry he was a Royalist during the Civil War. The year he sat for this portrait saw the King's cause falter in north-east Wales. Just two years later, Parliamentarians battered their way through the front door of his home and imprisoned Robert for his royalist tendencies.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 20
Creation/Production
LEIGH, Thomas
Date: 1643
Acquisition
Purchase, 1948
Measurements
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
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