WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
93
190
Samuel Watson (1818-1867)
VIEW OF THE RIVER LEE, CURRACUPPAUN
oil on canvas
with commemorative plaque affixed to frame lower
centre [reads: Presented to Jack Lynch by the Chairman
and Board of Directors of The Jefferson Smurfit Group
Plc., 5 February 1993]
13.50 by 10.50in. (34.29 by 26.67cm)
Provenance:
The Collection of Jack & Maureen Lynch;
with Athena Fine Art, Dublin;
deVere’s, 12 April 2005, lot 237;
Private collection
€
2,500-
€
3,500 (£2,140-£2,990 approx.)
191
Robert Home (1752-1834)
PORTRAIT OF J. KING ESQ
oil on panel; (oval)
with original inscribed label on reverse detailing title, artist’s
name [Home] and number [29]; also with inscription on label
at base with details on the sitter
11 by 9in. (27.94 by 22.86cm)
Thought to be John King (
d.
1778).This family, resident in Co. Offaly,
had a branch in Co. Leitrim. Label on reverse reads: “He married Alice,
daughter of Ross Mahon Esqre and of Jane, daughter of John Ussher
and had two sons John, died unmarried, Gilbert, married Miss Henry,
and three daughters, Mrs King, Lady King and Mrs Daly. “ Typed label
reads, “original oil painting bought by Hon. Lady Mahon at Ballylin,
[Co. Offaly] in 1935”.
€
500-
€
700 (£430-£600 approx.)
192
Robert Richard Scanlan (1881-1876)
YOUNG LADY AND HER DOG, 1841
watercolour and gouache heightened with white on buff-
coloured paper
signed and dated in gold lower left
11 by 10in. (27.94 by 25.40cm)
€
800-
€
1,000 (£680-£850 approx.)
