1140 x 900 mm. Gift: Deacons of the Independent Churches of North Wales
Reverend Dr William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) (1802-1883) was an Independent minister who campaigned for the disestablishment of the Church of Wales. He was the founder and first editor of the Welsh newspaper 'Yr Amserau'. He was self educated and wrote novels, plays, poetry and hymns
Portrait of Reverend Dr William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) (1802-1883). He is viewed seated on a chair with his right arm resting on an open book on a small cloth covered side table. He is elderly, wears a cassock over a suit and has a big white bushy beard and prominent eyebrows. He looks towards the viewer with a kind smile. He holds a letter in his left hand which has perhaps been removed from an envelope placed on the side table. Dark plain wall in background. Text on image, address on envelope, 'Rev. Dr. Wm. Rees Liverpool'. Painted in a slightly naive style with a highly modelled face
