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The sitter was a Calvinist Methodist minister and preacher. He was appointed as the first Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, a post he held from 1872 to 1891 before becoming Principal at Bala Theological College, a college established by his father, Lewis Edwards, in 1837. He studied at Oxford and was awarded degrees from Edinburgh University and the University of Wales. This portrait was commissioned from Herkomer at the height of the artist’s career. By 1897 he had settled into his large castle-like house ‘Lululaund’ in the village of Bushey, Hertfordshire, where he also ran his own art school. He had strong Welsh ties as he was three-times married to Welsh women including Lulu Griffith who died in 1885. ‘Lululaund’ was named after her.
Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries
Aberystwyth
Title
Thomas Charles Edwards (1837–1900), Principal (1872–1891)
Date
1897
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 85 x W 70 cm
Accession number
OP48
Acquisition method
presented by subscribers, c.1897
Work type
Painting
Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries
School of Art, Museum & Gallery, Buarth Mawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 1NG Wales
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