Dr Richard Jones was born at Mochdre and after gaining his MRCS at St Andrews, is first recorded in Newtown in 1841, as a surgeon living at ‘Bowling Green’ with two servants. In 1851 he lived at The Bank in Newtown with his wife and five children. He died in July 1872 aged 57, after a long illness. His obituary states that in his professional life he ‘gained the esteem of his fellow-townsmen for his care and attention, and many good qualities.He had taken an active and prominent part in the public affairs of the town including being a trustee of more than one of the town’s public schools, a commissioner of taxes and a magistrate. He was a churchman and in politics a Conservative. Jane Jones nee Mountford. Jane was born at Hopton, Churchstoke and married Dr Richard Jones around 1844. They had five children, the youngest two were twins.These two portraits were probably painted by an itinerant artist. Such people were a common sight in Wales before the advent of photography, offering a portrait service to the middle classes.