Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Poet and Lyricist

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Christopher Moore , Irish, 1790-1863

Title

Date1842

MediumMarble

Dimensions

62 x 43 x 27 cm

SignedC. MOORE. Sc. London

Credit LinePresented, James Molyneux Caulfield, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, 1873

Object numberNGI.8067

InscriptionBUST OF THOMAS MOORE ESQ 1842
Exhibition HistoryConquering England: Ireland in Victorian London, National Portrait Gallery, London, 9 March 2005 – 19 June 2005

Trove, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 3 December 2014 - 8 March 2015
Label TextThomas Moore wrote many of Ireland’s most popular ballads, including The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer, both of which were published in Moore's Irish Melodies. Moore’s lyrics, which deal with themes of love and loss, are romantic in sentiment and underpinned by a strong sense of Nationalism. The sculptor presents Moore as if he were a Roman orator. His 1857 full-length bronze of the poet in contemporary dress stands on College Street, Dublin.