A CARICATURE OF TWO GENTLEMAN HAVING TEA

Auction Closed

January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

200 - 300 GBP

Lot Details

Description

KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE

FOLLOWER OF PIER LEONE GHEZZI

A CARICATURE OF TWO GENTLEMAN HAVING TEA

Pen and brown ink;

bears inscription in pen and brown ink, on a label on the back of the frame: a Large picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds / now at Russborough / The Earl of Milltown and / Mr Henry Straffan

360 by 230 mm

From an inscription of the back of the frame the sitters are identified as The Earl of Milltown and Mr. Henry of Straffan, due to their likeness to the sitters in an oil painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, now in the National Gallery of Ireland. A copy after Reynolds' painting in the National Gallery of Ireland is being offered in this sale as lot 57.