ROOS, WILLIAM (1808 - 1878), portrait painter and engraver
Date of birth: 1808
Date of death: 1878
Parent: Mary Roose
Parent: Thomas Roose
Gender: Male
Occupation: portrait painter and engraver
Area of activity: Art and Architecture
Author: Megan Ellis
The son of Thomas and Mary Roose, Bodgadfa, Amlwch, he was christened at Amlwch 30 April 1808.
His paintings of 'The Death of Owen Glyndwr' and 'The Death of Captan [sic] Wynn at Alma' were awarded second place at the national eisteddfod held at Llangollen in 1858. He was a popular portrait painter and the N.L.W. holds his portraits in oils of Christmas Evans, John Cox, Thomas Charles, John Jones (Talhaiarn), and R. W. Price (Rhiwlas), in addition to several mezzotints and lithograph portraits by him. He offered his portrait of Christmas Evans to William Roberts (Nefydd) in 1870 for £2, unframed.
He died at Amlwch 4 July 1878.
Author
- Megan Ellis, (1906 - 2001)
- T. M. Rees, Welsh painters, engravers and sculptors, 1527–1911 (1912)
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 7165D, etc
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: William Roos
Further Reading
- William Roos, Half length portrait of woman
- William Roos, Christmas Evans
- William Roos, Christmas Evans
- William Roos, Unidentified man
- William Roos, Revd. William Morris
- William Roos, Portrait of an unidentified cleric
- William Roos, Dic Aberdaron
- William Roos, Gutyn Peris
- William Roos, Dewi Wyn o Eifion
- William Roos, Benjamin Roos, Parys
- William Roos, John Cox, died 1870
- William Roos, John Thomas
- William Roos, Margaret Mary Thomas, died 1872
- William Roos, Hugh Thomas, died 1848
- William Roos, Talhaiarn
- William Roos, John Jones, "Talhaiarn"
- William Roos, Hugh Derfel Hughes
- William Roos, John Davies
- William Roos, R. W. Price
- William Roos, William Thomas (1825-1862)
- William Roos, Thomas Charles, Bala
- William Roos, Revd John Williams, "Yr Hen Syr"
- William Roos, Rev R S Williams (Dowlais), 1833-1900
- William Roos, Twm o'r Nant
- William Roos, Rev. John Jones,Tremadog
- William Roos, Revd. John Elias
- Hugh Jones, William Roos, Revd. John Elias
Works
Published date: 1959
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