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

113 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 928. A pair of alabaster Plinths, with octagonal tops on circular bases, each approx. 91cms high (36”). (2) €200 - €300 930. A fine quality Irish mahogany D end extendable Dining Table, attributed to Strahan of Dublin, with moulded top of plain frieze on turned reeded tapering legs with three spare leaves, approx. 290cms length x 137cms wide (114” x 54”). (1) €800 - €1200 931. An Irish Georgian mahogany Serving Table, possibly Cork, the serpentine and bowed top with recessed section and two frieze drawers with ebony string inlay on a base with central long drawer flanked by two presses on reeded tapering legs, approx. 184cms wide x 109cms high x 56cms deep (72½” x 43” x 22”). (1) €500 - €700 932. A 19th Century domed top Stationery Box, with rosewood crossbanding with fitted interior and bracket feet, together with a smaller walnut domed top Tea Caddy (2) Provenance: The Burke Family, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. €100 - €150 933. A Victorian rosewood cased brass mounted Vanity Box, with silver mounted contents; together with a mahogany and satinwood Box. (2) Provenance: The Burke Family, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. €180 - €220 934. A good brass and steel Microscope, Ser No. 369, by Field & Son, Birmingham, with various slides, lenses and other fittings, in a good fitted mahogany case, 36cms (14”). (1) €80 - €120 935. 19th Century English School An attractive pair of Woodland Scenes, O.O.P., each approx. 21cms x 17cms (8½” x 6¾”) in ornate gilt frames. (2) €200 - €300 936. In the Manner of Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrata, Italian (1609-1685) “Madonna and Child,”O.O.C., (relined), depicting Mother with Infant cuddled in her arms, approx. 44cms x 28cms (17¼” x 11”) in ornate gilt Florentine frame. (1) €1000 - €1500 937. LeoWhelan (1892–1956) (Attributed to) “Portrait of a Girl c. 1930,”O.O.C., approx. 49cms x 39cms (19½” x 15½”), in later ornate gilt frame. (1) The attribution of this portrait of a young girl to Leo Whelan is based on several factors, not least the skill displayed in the handling of paint, the sense of quiet introspection, and the dramatic use of light to illuminate the sitter. Dressed simply, in a shirt and yellow apron, a girl is depicted in a moment of reverie, looking downwards. The style and subject matter can be compared to the paintings of William Orpen, who taught at the Metropolitan School of Art, in the first decade of the twentieth century, when Whelan was a student there. Among Whelan’s fellow students were Sean Keating, Margaret Crilly and Patrick Tuohy. In 1911 he exhibited for the first time at the Royal Hibernian Academy, and five years later was awarded the Taylor Art Scholarship. Over the succeeding years he went on to become one of Ireland’s leading portrait painters; among his sitters were Michael Collins and Harry Boland. Elected a member of the RHA in 1922, he showed annually with the Academy until 1956. Whelan often demonstrated his skill as a Realist painter by depicting moments of everyday life, with single figures pausing for a moment of reflection. His handling of light, and ability to depict textures and surfaces, is reminiscent of Orpen. His parents, and later his sisters, ran a small hotel at the family home at 65 Eccles Street, andWhelan often used family members as models, with the kitchen and rooms of their home as a setting. In later years he also had studios on Dawson Street, and Lower Baggot Street. Peter Murray 2024 Provenance: The Burke Family, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. €800 - €1000 930 936 937