A Fine Miniature of Francis Owen, facing right in grey coat with embroidered collar and cuff, embroidered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue, holding his black tricorn hat and wooden stick in his left hand; foliate background

Francis Owen (1747-1774), M.P., second son of William Owen of Porkington, Clenneney, Glyn and Llanddyn and his wife Mary, sister and sole heiress-at-law of last Lord Godolphin of Heston. He died unmarried. For a miniature of his elder brother, Robert Godolphin Owen, see lot 60.
An oil portrait of 1773 by Jean-Etienne Liotard, depicting Francis Owen in a Van Dyck costume, is illustrated in R. Loche and M. Roethlisberger, L'opera completa di Liotard, Milan, 1978, p. 116, no. 297.