Theresa Susey Helen Talbot, Marchioness of Londonderry (1855 -1919)
John Singer Sargent, RA (Florence 1856 - London 1925)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1909 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
940 x 686 mm (37 x 27 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1542320
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Theresa Susey Helen Talbot, Marchioness of Londonderry (1855 -1919) by John Singer Sargent, RA (Florence 1856 - London 1925), signed, lower right: John S Sargent and dated, lower left: 1909. A half-length portrait of the wife of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, in black fur and feathers.
Full description
This powerful portrait used to hang in Londonderry House, the family's London home (which was sold and then demolished in the 1970s), over Charles 7th marquess's desk in the Library.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the 1987 Londonderry Settlement
Makers and roles
John Singer Sargent, RA (Florence 1856 - London 1925), artist
Exhibition history
Vicereines of Ireland: Portraits of Forgotten Women, Dublin Castle, Ireland, 2021
References
Works by the late John Singer Sargent, Royal Academy, 14th January-13th March 1926, no. 574 Charteris,1927 The Hon. Evan Charteris, John Sargent, 1927, p. 257 Ormond and Kilmurray 2003, Richard Ormond and E. Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent, III, The Later Portraits, New Haven and London, 2003, pp. 216-7, no. 555 Campbell 2021: Myles Campbell (ed.), Vicereines of Ireland: Portraits of Forgotten Women (exh. cat.), Dublin Castle, 15 August 2021 - 5 September 2021, pp. 166-191, 274-275, no. 28