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The only identified figure in this poritrait is the soldier on the right. He is Sir John Irwin; a socialite and a Member of Parliament, who held the post of Commander-in-Chief in Ireland from 1775 to 1782. Irwin was also invested as a Knight of the Bath in 1779 and appointed colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Horse in Ireland in 1781. Both of these events appear to be commemorated in this portrait which is thought to depict a review of the troops in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Irwin wears his star of the Order and his servant, in green, holds a saddle cloth decorated with the badge of the Order. During the 1760s and 1770s Irwin had been active in repressing the Whiteboys, a southern Irish insurgent movement of labourers and small farmers who were against the enclosure of land and taxes that were being levied.
Title
Sir John Irwin, KB, reviewing Troops in Dublin
Date
1781
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 236.2 x W 175.2 cm
Accession number
682
Acquisition method
Purchased, 1883
Work type
Painting
National Portrait Gallery, London
St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England
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