Painting of Thomas Pigott
- Description
- Colonel Thomas Pigott became MP for Bridgwater in 1647. In the same year he married Florence Smyth a wealthy widow who lived at Ashton Court in North Somerset. In the background is a view of Castle Pigott in County Laois, Ireland. John Hayls was a nationally important artist and a rival of Peter Lely.
- Accession Loan No.
- WESTM : 1976.25
- Collection Class
- Fine Art
- Medium
- oil
- Common Name
- painting of Thomas Pigott
- Simple Name
- painting
- Production Person Surname
- Hayls (1600-1679)
- Production Person Initials
- John
- Period Classification
- Post-Medieval (AD 1500-1800)
- Production Date
- 1660 (about)
- Production Country
- England
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Material
- canvas, gilding, wood
- Topography Town
- County Laois, Ireland
- Topography Building Keyword
- Castle Pigott
