Phelim O'Dogerty (fl.1679)
possibly Thomas ffrancis (fl.Montgomery 1635-1679-98)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1679
Materials
Oil on paper and card mounted on panel
Measurements
1480 x 622 mm (58 ¼ x 24 ½ in)
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171171
Summary
Oil painting on paper and card mounted on panel, Phelim O'Dogerty (fl.1679), possibly by Thomas ffrancis (fl. 1635 - 1679), 1679, inscribed 'Phelim O'Dogerty'. Phelim O’Dogherty was an itinerant Irish musician who came to the castle in 1679 in the entourage of Mrs Katherine Mainwaring, aunt of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Bt (1651-1684).
Provenance
Entry in Accounts 2 August 1679: “Bagpipe and fidler”; with some of the contents, in 1978, that were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales (In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust); accepted by the Inland Revenue in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) and transferred to the National Trust for display to the public at Chirk Castle in 1999.
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Phelim ODogerty
Makers and roles
possibly Thomas ffrancis (fl.Montgomery 1635-1679-98), publisher British (English) School, publisher