WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 26 FEBRUARY 2018

113 Attributed to John Gubbins (fl.1815) PORTRAIT OF A LADY & GENTLEMAN (A PAIR) oil on canvas; (2); (unframed) 35 by 27in. (88.9 by 68.6cm) Dimensions of Gentleman 35.75 by 28in. Gubbins was a native of County Limerick. He practised as a portrait painter in Limerick, Dublin and Belfast. In 1819 he exhibited two landscapes and seven portraits in the Dublin Society’s House in Hawkins Street, including one of The Hon. Walter Yelverton and one of Liet. Colonel Blacker. At this time he was living on Grafton Street, Dublin, and occasionally exhibited in the Royal Hibernian Academy. A Portrait of William III, a copy by him after Kneller, is in the Mansion House, Dublin; and a Portrait of Sir Abraham Bradley King, a copy of a picture by H. Thompson, was destroyed in the fire in the City Hall in November 1908. His portrait of Mrs. Humby as Cowslip in the Agreeable Surprise was engraved by H. Brocas, and one of Archbishop Troy was engraved by B. O’Reilly. The date of his death has not been found. A portrait of Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847) by Gubbins currently hangs above the Kilkenny marble chimneypiece in the Mansion House, Dublin. €800-€1,200 (£570-£860 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 113