James Latham (painter)
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James Latham (c. 1696 – 26 January 1747) was an Irish portrait painter.


Biography

James Latham was born in
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,
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, in the
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possibly related to the Latham family of Meldrum and Ballysheehan. After beginning his art practice, Latham studied in
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during the academic year of 1724–25, where he became a Master of the
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. He returned to
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by 1725and may have visited England in the 1740s, as his work from this period shows the influence of Joseph Highmore,
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, and
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. Anthony Pasquin memorably dubbed Latham "Ireland's Van Dyck." Latham died in Dublin on 26 January 1747. Several of James Latham's portraits are in the National Gallery of Ireland collection in Dublin. Notable works include the portrait of MP Charles Tottenham (1694–1758) of New Ross, Co. Wexford, known as "Tottenham in his Boots" (Cat. No. 411), and a portrait of Bishop Robert Clayton (1697–1758) and his wife Katherine (Cat. No. 4370). In 1947, two centuries after the artist's death, the London Tate Gallery purchased Latham's portrait of Sir Capel Molyneux (ref. N05801).


References

* Anthony Pasquin, ''Memoirs of the Royal Academicians'' and ''An Authentic History of the Professors of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture who have Practised in Ireland'', 1796 * W. G. Strickland, ''Dictionary of Irish Artists'', 1913 * A. Crookshank & the
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, ''The Painters of Ireland'' c. 1660–1920, pp. 38–44, 1978 * Elizabeth Einberg and Judy Egerton, ''The Age of Hogarth: British Painters Born 1675–1709'', 1988


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Latham, James 1690s births 1747 deaths Artists from County Tipperary 18th-century Irish painters 18th-century Irish male artists Irish male painters Painters from Antwerp People from Thurles