WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 9 MARCH 2020

130 101 Nathaniel Hone RA (1718-1784) PORTRAIT OF A LADY SAID TO BE ANN GARDINER (1746-1810) oil on canvas with artist’s name and dates on plaque lower centre 31 by 25in. (78.7 by 63.5cm) Provenance: Christie’s London, 22 April 1960, lot 19; Private collection; Freeman’s, Philadelphia, 7 December 2003, lot 13; Private collection; Sotheby’s, Important British Paintings, 5 June 2008, lot 40; Private collection; Victor G. Mee, Cavan, 30 November 2008, lot 261; Whence purchased by the present owner Ann Gardiner was the daughter of the Rt. Hon. Charles Gardiner M.P. (1720-1769) of Dublin. In 1762 she marriedWilliam Power Keating Trench M.P. of Garbally, County Galway. Ann Gardiner sat for Nathaniel Hone with her eldest son, Kirkham (b.1774) (see The Irish Sale, Sotheby’s London, 21 May 1998, lot 232). €12,000-€18,000 (£10,170-£15,250 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 101