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

79 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 704. An attractive pair of 19th Century bombe shaped inlaid Commodes, in the manner of Mayhew & Ince, the shaped top with decorative classical inlay with central urn with flowers issuing scrolls inside a wide crossbanded border, above conforming two panel doors and sides on square tapering legs, approx. 114cms wide x 91cms high x 55cms deep (45” x 36” x 21½”). (2) €800 - €1200 705. Circle of Jean Baptiste Corot (1796-1875) “Boat on a Lake,”O.O.C., landscape depicting a lady on a boat, with trees and mountain in distance, approx. 24cms x 40cms (9½” x 16”) relined, in contemporary ornate gilt frame. (1) €500 - €700 706. Attributed to Eugene Boudin, French (1824-1898) “Un Jour a la Plage,” (A Day at the beach) O.O.C., seaside scene with figures at the beach, approx. 29cms x 38cms (11½” x 15”). (1) €500 - €700 708. A fine quality Regency period ormolu and marble Mantle Clock, the top surmounted with eagle above circular dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, surrounded by an oak leaf garland, flanked either side by female figures seated reading, the rectangular base with ormolu floral appliques and central grotesque mask, terminating in ormolu paw feet, approx. 31cms high x 37cms long (12” x 14½”). (1) €1500 - €2000 704 “Fishermen by a River at Sunset,” c.1740, O.O.C., approx.. 74cms x 99cms (29” x 39”). (1) Described as the ‘father of landscape painting in Ireland’, the eighteenth- century artist John Butts started his career in Cork, emulating the work of Claude Lorrain and Salvator Rosa. He depicted idyllic landscapes with fishermen, farmers or cattle herders. The attribution of this ‘Claudean’ landscape to Butts is based on both its subject matter and the style of painting. Although his work can easily be confused with that of his pupil, Nathaniel Grogan, Butts’s figures are more down to earth, less self-consciously elegant. In this bucolic landscape, two fishermen, one of them holding a long fishing rod, are in conversation on a river bank at sunset. Beneath them a weir stretches across the river, the water catching the light as it flows over the rocks. There are trees to the left and right, and between them can be seen the ruddy glow of a sun setting on a fine day. Silhouetted against the blue sky, the brown leaves on the trees hint that this is an autumnal scene. There are subtle gradations in colour, from the still waters, to the twilight horizon, and the warm pink glow of the sky. The scene evokes an atmosphere of calm and peace, with no hint of agrarian tensions or hardships. According to Walter Strickland, in his 1913 Dictionary of Irish Artists, having failed to achieve success in Cork, Butts moved to Dublin in 1757, where he establishd himself as a landscape painter. He often based his work on engravings of paintings by Claude, Poussin and Salvator Rosa. In 1763, the Dublin Society gave Butts a prize of £6 for a landscape painting, and he exhibited four landscapes at the first exhibition of the Society of Artists in 1765. In spite of his talents, he was often compelled to paint signs and coach panels, to provide for his family. Dr. Peter Murray 2025 €4,000 - €6,000 708 707. John Butts (c.1728-65) (Attributed.)