Description
Portraits of the children, William, Elizabeth and Margaret King, of James 4th (Last) Baron Kingston and Elizabeth Meade of Mitchelstown Castle,County Cork with a pet doe and dog. In a carved giltwood frame.
Oil on canvas
Height: 64 in; (162.6 cm)
Width: 75 in; (190.5 cm)
Provenance:
Probably commissioned by James 4th Baron Kingston (1693-1761) the children's father.Mitchelstown Castle, County Cork and thereafter with the family at Rockingham, Boyle, County Roscommon until the house was gutted by a fire in 1957.
Literature:
Ref: Gurr, Johns & Co Ltd. 1.King Street, St James, London, Inventory August 1914. Where the picture is described as follows:
Group of children of James 4th Baron Kingston of Mitchelstown, William King standing inthe centre with Margaret and Elizabeth at either side, accompanied by dog and deer(Margaret married Richard Fitzgerald, William died young-Elizabeth 1750, Margaret 1763) 5ft 6in by 4ft 6in - by J. Barry (Jeremiah Barrett).
The Kings of King HouseThe story of the descendants of Sir John King of Boyle and their estates at Mitchelstown,Rockingham and Newcastle. By Anthony Lawrence King-Harman. Published by KingHouse Interpretive Galleries & Museum, Main Street, Boyle, Co Roscommon 2007.
Rockingham
Memories of a vanished mansion. By John Clapison, Triona Mullaney-Dignam, Published by King House, Boyle 2007 and 2009.
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ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES MAUBERT-IRELAND (1666-1746)
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