910 x 760 mm. Gift: Presented by subscribers circa 1897
Thomas Charles Edwards (1837-1900) was a Calvinistic 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 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. See PR217 for another portrait of Thomas Charles Edwards
Portrait of the academic and minister / preacher Thomas Charles Edwards (1837-1900). He is middle-aged and viewed from the waist up wearing an academic gown over a suit with a double breasted jacket. He has long sideburns, a receding hairline, wears round spectacles and looks towards the viewer with a faint smile. Dark background creates a chiaroscuro effect
