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Nathaniel Hone RA (1718-1784)
Estimate:
€12,000 - €18,000
Passed
Live Auction
Irish & International Art Auction
Size
31 by 25in. (78.7 by 63.5cm)
Description
Title: PORTRAIT OF A LADY SAID TO BE ANN GARDINER (1746-1810)
Note: Ann Gardiner was the daughter of the Rt. Hon. Charles Gardiner M.P. (1720-1769) of Dublin. In 1762 she married William Power Keating Trench M.P. of Garbally, County Galway. Ann Gardiner sat for Nathaniel Hone with her eldest son, Kirkham (b.1774) (see The Irish Sale, Sotheby's London, 21 May 1998, lot 232).
Note: Ann Gardiner was the daughter of the Rt. Hon. Charles Gardiner M.P. (1720-1769) of Dublin. In 1762 she married William Power Keating Trench M.P. of Garbally, County Galway. Ann Gardiner sat for Nathaniel Hone with her eldest son, Kirkham (b.1774) (see The Irish Sale, Sotheby's London, 21 May 1998, lot 232).
Medium
oil on canvas
Signature
with artist's name and dates on plaque lower centre
Provenance
Christie's London, 22 April 1960, lot 19;Private collection;Freeman's, Philadelphia, 7 December 2003, lot 13;Private collection;Sotheby's, Important British Paintings, 5 June 2008, lot 40;Private collection;Victor G. Mee, Cavan, 30 November 2008, lot 261;Whence purchased by the present owner
