Attributed to James Latham (1696-1747) Portrait of Theodosia Bligh, Countess of Glandore, the young woman in a white dress, seated, playing a harpsicord, with sheets of music Oil on canvas, 105 x...
Attributed to James Latham (1696-1747) Portrait of Theodosia Bligh, Countess of Glandore, the young woman in a white dress, seated, playing a harpsicord, with sheets of music Oil on canvas, 105 x 145cm In an 18th Century giltwood, sanded and carved frame. The depiction of a lady or ladies seated at a harpsicord was a favoured composition by Latham. He also painted the sitters' sister and uncle (see Crookshank, Irish Arts Review, 1988, no. 3 and no. 59) Theodosia Bligh was the daughter of John Bligh of Athboy, made Earl of Darnley on his marriage to the English heiress Ann Hyde. She married William Crosbie of Ardert Abbey, who late in life was made Earl of Glandore. Her sister, Mary Bligh married William Tighe of Rosanna, which explains the presence of this portrait in the present collection. Ardfert Abbey was an interesting early 18th Century house in County Kerry, now demolished. Its greatest treasure was Reynold's wonderful 'swagger' portrait of Theodosia's daughter-in-law, the dizzy Diana Sackville, who, notoriously reluctant or unable to honour her gaming debts, was given the soubriquet ''Owing Glandore''.
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