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A full figure statue of Daniel Owen in an informal stance wearing a frock coat, hat and holding a book ('Rhys Lewis') with bookmark in the right hand. The statue is on moulded limestone and sandstone pedestal upon a modern, stepped, brick plinth. Daniel Owen (1836–1895) was the first and most prominent novelist in the Welsh language. He was the youngest of six children, his father and two brothers were killed in a disaster at Argoed pit in 1837. Despite a difficult and impoverished childhood, he successfully took part in local literary competitions. He was apprenticed in a tailor's workshop at the age of 12. In 1865 he entered Bala Theological College but returned to Mold before completing his studies in order to take care of his family. He opened a tailor's and draper's shop, but ill-health cut short his preaching.

Title

Daniel Owen (1836–1895)

Medium

bronze, limestone & sandstone

Measurements

H 183 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 152 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

CH7_AEB_S004

Acquisition method

erected by public subscription

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

31st October 1901

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

incised on rear left of statue base: W. GOSCOMBE JOHN. A.R.A. / SCULPTOR 1901

Inscription description

letters incised and painted black on front of pedestal: DANIEL OWEN / GANWYD HYDREF 20 1836. / BU FARW HYDREF 22 1895. / NID IR DOETH A'R DEALLUS YR / YSGRIFENAIS OND I'R DYN CYFFREDIN; inscription on right hand side of pedestal: DANIEL OWEN / BORN OCTR 20 1836. / DIED OCTR 22 1895. / NOT FOR THE WISE AND LEARNED / HAVE I WRITTEN BUT FOR THE / COMMON PEOPLE.; inscription on rear of pedestal: ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION; inscription on left hand side of pedestal: DANIEL OWEN / NATUS A.D. X11I KAL. NOV. / ANNO SALUTIS MDCCCXXXVI. / OBIIT A.D. XI. KAL. NOV. / ANNO SALUTIS MDCCCXCV. / NEQVE SAPIENTIBUS NEQVE ERUDITIS / SED POPULO SCRIPSI.

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