WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART Monday 19 October 2020

128 90 James Malton (1761-1803) A PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN (COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR) hand-coloured aquatint; (24) each with Neptune Gallery framing label on reverse 10 by 15in. (25.4 by 38.1cm) Frame size: 20.5 by 24in. (52 by 61cm.) Provenance: Neptune Gallery, Dublin; Private collection The engraver and watercolourist James Malton (1761-1803) was employed as a draughtsman in the office of the famous architect James Gandon, known for building the Four Courts (1786-95), the Custom House (1781-91) and King’s Inns (1795- 1815). Malton’s prints are, arguably, the most important series of engravings of Dublin. The present lot contains 24 large prints of well-known buildings in Dublin, many of which were newly built at the time. Lacks Old Soldiers Hospital, Kilmainham. Dimensions of View of DUblin, from the Magazine, Phoenix Park and Barracks, Dublin 7.5 by 15 in. €7,000-€10,000 (£6,220-£8,890 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot90