CHATSWORTH SUMMER FINE ART SALE May 28th & 29th 2024

111 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 919. An 18th Century oak high back Side Chair, the latted back with dome top and finial mounts, above a recessed seat on turned front legs. (1) Provenance: The Russell Family, Seafield, Co. Waterford. €180 - €220 920. An 18th Century oak high back Side Chair, with pierced and panel back above plain seat, on turned legs. (1) Provenance: The Russell Family, Seafield, Co. Waterford. €180 - €220 921. An attractive 20th Century Scottish mahogany Bureau, the top with crossbanding and ebony string above drop front with fitted interior and press base, by Gardiner & Sons Ltd., Glasgow (with label) on bracket feet, approx. 105cms wide x 107cms high (41” x 42”). (1) Provenance: Nelson Bell Collection - The Bell Gallery, Belfast €200 - €300 922. John Henry Foley, Irish (1818-1874) “A Youth at a Stream” bronze, approx. 55cms (21½”) high, inscribed on base ‘Executed for the Art Union of London, 1846 - J.H. Foley, Sculp’ (1) Provenance: Nelson Bell Collection - The Bell Gallery, Belfast €2500 - €3000 923. An 18th Century framed embroidered Fabric, depicting interwoven floral design, approx. 46cms x 35cms (18” x 14”) later frame; together with two similar framed Oriental Fabrics, as a lot. (3) €200 - €300 924. Strickland Lowry, Irish (1737- c.1785) “A Belfast Lady,”O.O.C., depicting head and shoulders of an elegant young lady with ornate blue and white lace bonnet, with matching dress and collar, approx. 56cm x 49cms (22” x 19”), oval, in contemporary gilt frame. (1) Provenance: The Bell Gallery, the Personal Collection of Nelson Bell. €1500 - €2000 922 924 “Boy with Dog,”O.O.C., 119cms x 151cms (46½” x 59½”). A boy, aged perhaps ten, with long brown hair, is shown kneeling beside a pet dog. The boy has his left hand raised in the air, to encourage the dog to stand and beg for the biscuit held in his right hand. In terms of subject matter, setting and treatment, this painting probably depicts a young Scot. In the foreground lies a ‘Balmoral Bonnet’, a traditional Scottish dark blue woollen beret, with a red pom-pom, or ‘toorie’. This type of beret differs from the Irish version, known as the ‘caibín’ and suggests a Scottish provenance. In the mid nineteenth century, a white poodle would have been prized, for its uniform colouring. Selective breeding in the nineteenth century gradually eliminated the vari-coloured examples of the breed, which is thought to have originated in Pomerania. The identity of the artist is not known, but the similarity of the boy in this work to the subject of a related portrait, allows for a tentative attribution to a follower of Sir Henry Raeburn, who painted many portraits of children, and often included pets and animals in his paintings. Peter Murray 2024 Provenance: The Burke Family, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. €3000 - €4000 918. Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) (Follower of)