WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 2 December 2019

IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART ·2 DECEMBER 2019 AT 6PM 175 150 19th Century Irish School PORTRAIT OF JAMES ARTHUR O’CONNOR oil on millboard 7 by 5.50in. (17.8 by 14cm) Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Fitzpatrick; Hibernian Antiques, Dublin; Where purchased by the present owner’s father Exhibited: ‘James Arthur O’Connor c. 1792-1841’, National Gallery of Ireland, November to December 1985, cata- logue no. 47 Literature: Bodkin, Thomas, Four Irish Landscape Painters, Talbot Press, Dublin, 1920, p. 26 (illustrated) John Hutchinson writes in the 1985 catalogue: “O’Connor’s original self-portrait has not been traced. This is a later copy of the picture, by an unknown artist. In the original painting O’Connor looks withdrawn and rather fearful ‘as though he presaged his sad career’, to quote Bodkin’s wistful comment.” €600-€800 (£520-£690 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 150