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John Owen (c.1702–1754), MP

Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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The son of a lawyer, John Owen (c.1702–1754), of Presaddfed, Anglesey, became MP for Anglesey in 1741. The cost of his campaign ruined him. After initially opposing the Bulkeleys, a major local landed family, he supported them from 1747 and received the seat for Beaumaris. Highmore, one of the leading portraitists in the reign of George II, specialised in lively, naturalistic portraits, which appealed to the growing affluent middle class.
Title

John Owen (c.1702–1754), MP

Date

mid-18th C

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 124.2 x W 98.7 cm

Accession number

NMW A 489

Acquisition method

purchased from Notcomb Galleries, 1963

Work type

Painting

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