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Watkin E. Wynne (1755-1796)
Artist: 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.)
Welsh portrait painter William Parry worked in London and Italy, and also worked for a group of loyal patrons here in Wales. He spent part of the summer of 1770 working for Owen Wynne of Llwyn, a landowner with estates in Denbighshire and Meirionydd. This small portrait in oils is of Wynne’s fifteen-year old son and heir, Watkin.
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Art
Item Number
NMW A 112
Creation/Production
PARRY, William
Role: Creation
Date: 1770
Acquisition
Purchase, 17/6/1981
Measurements
Height: 76cm
Width: 63.6cm
h(cm) frame:95.5
w(cm) frame:82.3
d(cm) frame:5.6
Techniques
canvas
sundeala board
Material
oil
Location
Gallery 04
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