NEWPORT HOUSE October 20th & 21st 2026

38 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 277. An attractive matching pair of small 19th Century three tier gilt Pier Mirrors, with original glass, each approx. 83cms (33”) high. (2) €1000 - €1500 278. 19th Century Irish School, in the Manner of Adam Buck (1759-1833) “Philip Townsend Somerville of the Prairie Schull, Co. Cork,” oils (miniature) head and shoulder portrait of a Gentleman with river landscape behind, approx. 10cms x 8cms (4” x 3”), inscribed on back, in ornate gilt frame. (1) €400 - €600 279 – See page 39 276. John Astley c. 1756 (1724 - 1787) Three-quarter length "Portrait of Thomas Pepper, of Ballygarth Co. Louth (1733-1790), as a young man standing with a lace trimmed blue coat, with his elbow resting on a ledge," approx. 120cms x 102cms (47" x 40"), O.O.C., in a contemporary gilt framee. (1) €3,000 - €5,000 280. Frederick Frith, British (fl. 1840-1846) “Edward Charles James Stubbs (aged 8½, taken in Dublin 1840), full length, wearing coat and trousers, a cap in one hand and a whip in the other, heightened in bronze; and its companion “Master Stubbs, Dublin 1840,”wearing tunic over trousers with cane in hand, both approx. 18cms x 16cms (7” x 6¼”) in wash mount, ebony frame, both labels and inscription on back. (2) €500 - €700