WHYTE'S THE CHRISTMAS SALE ART & COLLECTIBLES Ends 16 December 2020

THE CHRISTMAS SALE - ART & COLLECTIBLES· TIMED AUCTION - ENDS WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2020 6PM 204 190 19th Century English School PORTRAIT OF JAMES THOMAS DAVIS ESQ., ROYAL ARTILLERY miniature; (oval) inscribed on label on reverse 2.25 by 1.75in. (5.7 by 4.4cm) Frame: 6.5 by 6.25in. (16.5 by 15.9cm) Provenance: Robert Atkins of Firville, Mallow; Thence to his daughter Charlotte Elizabeth who married James Robert Davis, brother of Young Irelander Thomas Davis; Thence by descent to the late Margaret Ruttledge, great granddaughter of James Robert Davis; Private collection This is the father of Young Irelander, Thomas Davis, who was born on 14 October 1814, in Mallow, County Cork, his fourth and last child. James Davis, a Welsh surgeon in the Royal Artillery was based for many years in Dublin, married Mary Atkins (with O’Sullivan Beare forebears) He died in Exeter a month before Thomas’birth, en route to serve in the Peninsular War.Mary Davis moved back to Dublin in 1818, taking up residence at 67 Lower Baggot Street in 1830, where Thomas Davis lived until his death in 1845. €500-€700 (£450-£630 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot190