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Portrait of Sir John Craven Carden, 1st Baronet, half-length, wearing uniform
Oil on canvas, 74 x 62cm
This portrait of John Craven Carden is in the uniform of the Templemore Light Dragoons, a volunteer regiment raised in response to
the withdrawal of regular troops required for the American War but which rapidly acquired political leverage. Carden had inherited
large estates in Tipperary acquired in the Cromwellian settlement of the 17th Cent. Although without parliamentry influence, Carden
represented landed interests which the Castle administration were keen to control. Bribes were measured and Carden was made
a baronet in 1787. He proved to be a sound man in the 1798 rebellion, and by fortifying the Market House in Templemore, denied
the town to the rebels. He also leased the land for a barracks (now the Garda Training College) and donated the site of the Catholic
Church in 1810.
€ 3,000 - 5,000