ams ▁au ction e ers ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁There ▁are ▁over ▁ 4 0 ▁paint ings ▁attributed ▁to ▁Harris ▁now ▁held ▁by ▁public ▁bodies ▁or ▁in ▁public ▁art ▁collections . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 8 5 6 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 2 4 ▁death s ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁Wel sh ▁pain ters ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁Wel sh ▁pain ters ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Mer th yr ▁T yd fil ▁Category : Wel sh ▁em igr ants ▁to ▁Australia ▁Category : Wel sh ▁portrait ▁pain ters ▁Category : Arch ib ald ▁Prize ▁final ists <0x0A> </s> ▁Saint ▁John ▁R ig by ▁( ca . ▁ 1 5 7 0 ▁– ▁ 2 1 ▁June ▁ 1 6 0 0 ) ▁was ▁an ▁English ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁lay man ▁who ▁was ▁executed ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Elizabeth ▁I . ▁He ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Fort y ▁Mart y rs ▁of ▁England ▁and ▁Wales . ▁( He ▁is ▁called ▁" Th omas " ▁R ig by ▁in ▁The ▁Aut obi ography ▁of ▁a ▁H unted ▁Pri est , ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁the ▁Jes uit ▁priest ▁John ▁Ger ard .) ▁ ▁Life ▁ ▁R ig by ▁was ▁born ▁circa ▁ 1 5 7 0 ▁at ▁Har rock ▁Hall , ▁Wright ington , ▁Lanc ash ire ▁( near ▁Chor ley , ▁Lanc ash ire ), ▁the ▁fifth ▁or ▁sixth ▁son ▁of ▁Nicholas ▁R ig by , ▁by ▁his ▁wife ▁Mary ▁( née