WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2022

86 56 Micheal Farrell (1940-2000) FIRST REAL IRISH POLITICAL PICTURE, MISS BRIDGIT O’MURPHY D’APRES BOUCHER BOUCHERIE A LA MODE IRLANDAISE, 1978 watercolour signed and dated lower right; titled and dated lower left and lower right 22.50 by 30in. (57.2 by 76.2cm) Frame Dimensions: 25.75 by 33.5in. (65.4 by 85.1cm) Marie Brigitte O’Murphy (1729–1793), was a mistress to King Louis XV of France from 1755 to 1757. She was one of twelve children of Daniel Morfi and Marguerite Iquy. She was the elder sister of Marie-Louise O’Murphy. In 1755, she was recruited to replace her sister as a petite maîtresse (unofficial mistress) of the king in Parc-aux-Cerfs by Dominique Guillaume Lebel. Brigitte O’Murphy was fired from her position in 1757, and it is noted that she was given a pension on 26 July 1757. She never married. In 1770, her pension was extended, and it was noted in the report filed in connection to this that she lived a respectable life. €1,500-€2,000 (£1,290-£1,720 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot56