CHATSWORTH SUMMER FINE ART SALE 18th & 19th June 2025

122 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 992. A Gentlemans Top Hat, by R. Tyson, Dublin, another by Lock & Co., London; also another Top Hat and Bowler Hat by Woodrow (40 Westmoreland Street, Dublin), as a lot. (4) €150 - €200 993. Richard HenryWillis, Irish (1853-1905) Portrait of Vanessa Sitwell,”O.O.C., depicting young Lady with ringlets wearing low cut dress, seated and holding a book, approx. 89cms x 74cms (35” x 29”) in gilt frame. (1) Richard Henry Albert Willis [also known as Richard H. A. Willis] was born in Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland on 5 July 1853 and moved as a child to Cork where he was apprenticed to the architect Arthur Hill (1846-1921) in c.1869. He also attended Cork School of Art during his spare time. He subsequently gained a scholarship to attend the National Art Training School in South Kensington, London where he excelled, being awarded several medals and prizes and a travelling scholarship. In 1882 he was appointed Headmaster of Manchester School of Art, a post he held until 1892 when he left in order to devote more time to his art. He returned to London and where he established a studio. Willis exhibited at the Royal Academy in London from 1882 to 1899 €800 - €1000 994. After Sir Joshua Reynolds Three quarter length, Portrait of “Charles James Fox, standing by a desk with portico behind, and wearing yellow waistcoat and blue coat,” overpainted print on canvas, approx. 18½” x 14½” (47cms x 37cms) unframed. (1) €350 - €500 995. 19th Century English School A half length Portrait of an “Elegant Young Lady with Ringlets, low-cut blue dress and red shawl, with gold waist strap,” O.O.C., approx. 68cms x 53cms (27” x 25”), black frame. (1) €300 - €400 996. 19th Century Irish School [Co. Kerry] "Portrait of a Military Gentleman," O.O.C., by tradition a member of the Kerry Militia, depicting him in military attire with epaulettes, approx. 61cms x 51cms (24" x 20"), in a gilt frame. (1) €300 - €400 997. An attractive Edwardian satinwood Armchair, with overall painted floral decoration with cane work back and sides above conforming seat with drop in cushion seat, on front square tapering legs (some damage). (1) €180 - €220 998. 19th Century Irish School “Portrait of a Gentleman, with whiskers and black coat,”O.O.C., approx. 61cms x 48cms (24” x 19”), oval mount, gilt frame. (1) €250 - €350 999. A 19th Century mahogany Book Press, the mechanism with beehive turned pillar on a box platform base with frieze drawer. (1) €300 - €400 1000. AWilliam IV mahogany circular top Jardiniere Stand, with rope turned pillar support on triform base with ormolu mounts and brass paw feet, approx. 71cms (28”) high. (1) €180 - €220 993 996 994 999 995