The Irish Sale
Catalogue Information: 121 lots with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE MOUNSEY WHEATLEY ATKINSON C.1806-1884
A VIEW OF CORK HARBOURmeasurements note29 by 39 cm., 11¼ by 15¼ in.oil on canvasNOTEThe present work depicts one of the world's great natural sheltered harbours. Its waters are sufficiently deep to be capable of keeping the largest ships afloat, and [...more]
Lot 2: NATHANIEL HONE R.A. 1718-1784
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMANmeasurements note74 by 62 cm., 29 by 24½ in.half length, wearing a red coat and a white neck tieoil on canvas, in a painted oval, in a carved wood frame
Lot 3: JAMES BARRY
KING LEAR WEEPING OVER THE BODY OF CORDELIAmeasurements note40 by 50½in.Signed l.l.on the shield: Jams Barry PinxtOil on canvasEngraved:Etching and aquatint by James Barry with Archibald MacduffPROVENANCEArtists studio sale, 10th April 1807, lot 113, [...more]
Lot 4: CHARLES JERVAS 1675-1739
PORTRAIT OF FRANCES DIGBY, VISCOUNTESS SCUDAMORE (1685-1729)measurements note127 by 101.5cm., 50 by 40in.Three quarter length, standing in a river landscape, wearing a blue dressOil on canvasPROVENANCEBy descent in the Digby family to Mrs. J.D.H. Ban [...more]
Lot 5: JAMES MAUBERT 1666-1746
PORTRAIT OF COLONEL GEORGE BATE, GOVERNOR OF KINSALE (D. 1725)measurements note123 by 98cm., 48 ½ by 38½in.Three quarter length, standing in a landscape, wearing a tunic and a metal breast plate, a skirmish beyondSigned l.l. beneath helmet: ...aubert [...more]
