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WHYTES
SINCE 1783
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135
19th Century Irish School
SIR JOHN LEES, BARONET, c.1811
oil on board
titled on reverse
4.30 by 3.10in. (10.92 by 7.87cm)
Sir John Lees was born in Ayrshire, Scotland c.1737. He
distinguished himself early in life with the British Army in
Germany under the command of Marquis Granby. Sir John Lees
travelled to Ireland in 1767 as private Secretary to the Lord
Lieutenant, Lord Townshend. He was appointed secretary to the
Irish Post Office, where he organised a very well run mail coach
system. Sir John Lees was appointed 1st Baronet Lees, of
Blackrock, Dublin on June 30, 1804.
€
500-
€
700 (£370-£520 approx.)
137
19th Century English School
FISHERMAN’S COTTAGE and WRECK IN STORMY SEA (A
PAIR)
oil on canvas; (2)
8.20 by 11.20in. (20.83 by 28.45cm)
Dimensions of second work 19 by 25.5in.
€
500-
€
700 (£370-£520 approx.)
86
136
Jan Jacobus Matthijs Damschröder
(Dutch, 1825-1905)
AT TWILIGHT
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on reverse
24 by 30in. (60.96 by 76.20cm)
Provenance:
Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts, 4 April 1998, lot 639;
Private collection
€
600-
€
800 (£440-£590 approx.)
Ex 137