THE WINTER CHATSWORTH FINE ART & ANTIQUE SALE December 3rd & 4th, 2025

74 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 713. AWilliam IV rosewood Prie-dieu, by Williams & Gibton (stamped & numbered 28206) covered in cream damask fabric, on front carved tapering legs with brass castors; together with a lift top wooden Bible Box. (2) Provenance: The O’Brien’s of Dromoland Castle. €200 - €300 714. Attributed to Sebastien Pether, British (1790-1844) “Dooneen Castle,”Moonlit Lake Scene with Castle in background and campfire in foreground, O.O.C., 43cms x 57cms (17” x 22½”), in attractive gilt frame. (1) Provenance: Annagh Lodge, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary: Mealy’s, October 1991. €600 - €800 715. 18th Century Flemish School “A colourful floral bouquet in ornate Urn, on stand with Parrot at base with fruit,” O.O.C., approx. 75cms x 51cms (29½” x 28”) in ornate gilt Kent or Palladian style Frame. (1) Provenance: Lady or Countess of Wicklow, Shelton Abbey [Eleanor Butler] €700 - €1000 717. William Osborne, RHA (1823-1901) “Billy Goat standing at Stable,”O.O.C., laid down, Signed with monogram lower right, in gilt frame. (1) €600 - €800 718. Attributed to Michael Dahl (1659-1743) “Portrait of a Young Girl (member of the O’Connor Family) holding fruit in hand, O.O.C., approx. 71cms x 58cms (28” x 23”), in contemporary ornate gilt frame. (1) €1000 - €1500 714 715 718 716. John Robertson Reid (1851-1926) "Lake in Woodlands," O.O.C., approx. 36cms x 53cms (14" x 21"), Signed lower left. (1) * Bearing a signature ‘Reid’, this accomplished landscape painting depicts an autumnal scene with woodlands and a lake. The dark green and russet leaves of the trees are reflected in the still waters of the lake. Above the trees is a pale cloudy sky, against which branches and leaves are silhouetted. In the left foreground, grass and rushes stand out against the sky reflected in the water. The artist has used deft brushwork to convey an impression of a placid lake surrounded by woodlands. This work was almost certainly painted ‘en plein air’ rather than in the studio. While clouds, sky and trees are depicted using scumbled paintwork, the most part the brushstrokes depicting the lake waters are either horizontal or vertical, lending the work a sense of monumentality. This style of applying paint was adopted by Frank Bramley of the Newlyn School in the late nineteenth century, and this woodland scene can be dated to around that time, circa 1890. The intersection of pale blue waters and dark green leaves is skillfully handled, with neither dominant. Born in Scotland in 1851, John Robertson Reid trained as a painter at the Royal Scottish Academy under George Chalmers andWilliam MacTaggart. From the 1880’s, he worked in Cornwall, alongside Stanhope Forbes and Frank Bramley, artists who often worked in the open air rather than in the studio. An artist held in high esteem by his peers, in 1886 Reid was elected President of the Society of British Artists and just over a decade later President of the Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers. Peter Murray 2025 €800 - €1200