1706 JAMES OWEN [1654-1706]. Original Painting of an Important Welsh, Presbyterian, Puritan Divine and Author.

Wonderful original early 18th century painting of the influential and persecuted Welsh Puritan, James Owen. Measuring 25 x 30 without the frame and 28 x 33 with it, this painting has been lovingly and professionally restored and is ready to hang. This is the original 18th century painting of Owen and would be a lovely addition to a library of Puritan, Presbyterian, or Welsh theological works.  James Owen, born in Carmarthenshire, Wales in 1654, was the second son of John Owen. Edmund Calamy, the puritan historian and friend of James, records in his history of the Nonconformists that Owen, when just 22, was accused of Conventicle holding while preaching in North Wales and was forced to flee. He was taken in by Welsh Puritan, Hugh Owen [1639-1700], known as the Apostle of Meironnydd, and became for some time his assistant. Hugh Owen himself had been ejected at the Act of Uniformity in 1662. After a short time, James took charge of the Dissenting congregation at Oswestry and there became