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ART ON-LINE 3 APRIL 2017 123
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18th/19th Century Irish School
PORTRAIT OF JANET CATHERINE GROGAN, WIFE OF SIR JONAH BARRINGTON, MARRIED IN DUBLIN, 1789
oil on canvas
inscribed on reverse
16 x 12¼in. (40.64 x 31.12cm)
Sir Jonah Barrington (1756/7-1834), was an Irish lawyer, judge and politician. Jonah Barrington is most
notable for his amusing and popular memoirs of life in late 18th-century Ireland; for his opposition to the
Act of Union in 1800; and for his removal from the judiciary by both Houses of the Parliament in 1830,
still a unique event.
Estimate €300-€500 (approx £261-£435)
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