Joshua Anderson Hague

On his return, now known as "Anderson", he had his first three paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1873: "Bathers", "Evening at Tal-y-Cafyn", and "Orchard at Roe Wen".

He was a member of many art societies: He moved with his wife, Sarah Henshall, to North Wales in 1878, because the rural scenery was ideal for his style of painting.

Their second eldest son Anderson Hague (called Dick) also had talent as a painter; their granddaughter Esmé Kirby became known as a conservationist of the Welsh countryside and founder of the Snowdonia National Park Society.

Anderson's landscape paintings were remarkable for their portrayal of the natural beauty surrounding the Conwy Valley, with picturesque skies, streams, fields, cottages and seascapes.

He and his fellow artists were derided as the "Manchester School" because of their use of a palette knife to apply paint thickly on the canvas, instead of brushes.