Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin

John Michael Wright 1625 - 1700

Summary

Three-quarter length frontal portrait of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin, dressed in full armour with a sash at his waist and a scarf at his neck. He stands posed with gloved left hand on hip, bare right hand resting on a baton beside a plumed helmet and glove. Landscape background, with trees and striped tent to left, battlefield in the distance to right.

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Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin around 1660 - 70 John Michael Wright 1625 - 1700 Oil on canvas Inchiquin (1617/18 - 1674) was an Irish Protestant Leader who managed to fight on both sides in the Civil War. A soldier all his life, he showed no mercy to his enemies. This portrait was probably painted at the end of his career on one of his frequent visits to the court of Queen Henrietta Maria in London. Wright became a prominent English portraitist after the restoration of the monarchy. His work had a freshness and naturalism in comparison to the opulence of Lely. The work is in a contemporary Sunderland frame, named after the 2nd Earl who used them at Althorp. Sir Thomas Barlow gift 1945.255