WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 2 DECEMBER 2024 FROM 6PM

8 1 Attributed toWilliam Hoare RA (English, 1706-1792) THE RIGHT HONORABLE HENRY BOYLE, 1ST EARL OF SHANNON (1682-1762), SPEAKER OF THE IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1733 oil on canvas inscribed with title on reverse 30 by 25in. (76.2 by 63.5cm) Frame Size: 38.25 by 33in. (97.2 by 83.8cm) Provenance: Collection of Bank of Ireland Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon, (1682 – 1764), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer who served as the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons from 1733 to 1756. A prominent parliamentarian who sat for almost fifty years in the Parliament of Ireland, Boyle frequently defended Irish interests against British Crown officials, eventually leading to a legal crisis which saw him step down as speaker in return for a peerage. William Hoare of Bath was a British portraitist, painter and printmaker. From c.1740 to 1759, he was the leading oil portraitist at Bath, Somerset, until Thomas Gainsborough arrived in the town. Noted for his pastels, he was a foundation member of the Royal Academy. €3,000-€5,000 (£2,520-£4,200 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot1