John Cambrian Rowland (1819–1890) was born in Lledrod, Ceredigion on the 7th of December 1819, the son to Thomas Rowlands. It appears that he was the first professional artist to live in Aberystwyth. The earliest instance of his work that is available is his outline drawing of John Williams (Shon Sgubor) that he drew in 1839, and was published in Wales, volume 15 (1898), p. 113. Another portrait of the Rev. John Hughes is held at the National Library of Wales.