WHYTE'S IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 22 MARCH 2021 AT 6PM

30 19 Flora H. Mitchell (1890-1973) RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN BIRTHPLACE, UPPER DORSET STREET, DUBLIN pen and ink with watercolour signed lower right; inscribed lower left 12.50 by 9.75in. (31.8 by 24.8cm) Frame Dimensions: 17.5 by 15.25in. (44.5 by 38.7cm) Some staining spots visible on close inspection in the margin lower right and in the sky upper right. Otherwise very good condition. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751-1816) was an Irish satirist, playwright and poet, and long term owner of the Theatre Royal, London. He is known for his plays including The Rivals, The School for Scandal, The Duenna and A Trip to Scarborough. He was also a Whig MP for 32 years in the British House of Commons for Stafford (1780–1806), Westminster (1806–1807), and Ilchester (1807–1812). He is buried at Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. His plays are still regularly performed worldwide. €1,500-€2,000 (£1,290-£1,720 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot19