NEWPORT HOUSE October 20th & 21st 2026

49 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 371. After Cristofano Allori, (1577-1621) Half-length, “Judith, Portrait of a Young Girl,”with pearl headdress, O.O.C., 71cms x 53cms (28” x 21”) in later silvered frame. (1) €400 - €600 372. A Bijou Georgian period mahogany Bureau Bookcase, the moulded cornice with Greek key border above astragal glazed doors, the base with pull out top drawer with dropdown front and fitted interior and further three graduating long drawers with circular brass drop handles, on bracket feet, approx. 191cms high x 77cms wide (75” x 30”). (1) €800 - €1200 373. A fine quality Edwardian oak folding Picture Easel, with brass mounts and oak leaf decoration and adjustable shelf. (1) €150 - €200 374. An early 19th Century giltwood Concert Harp, by Sebastien and Pierce Erard, 18 Great Marlborough Street, London (patent No., 6582), with Gothic Revival pillar upright, 178cms high (70”). (1) €800 - €1200 370. Attributed to George FrederickWatts (1817-1904) “Portrait of Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1785-1860),” a fine quality watercolour of Sir William Napier seated in a bergere library armchair in a classical library interior, approx. 78cms x 55cms (31" x 22"). (1) Note: Born at Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, he was the third son of Colonel George Napier (1751–1804) and his wife, Lady Sarah Lennox (1745–1826), (he was the nephew of Lady Louisa Connoly of Castletown). Typed inscription on the reverse together with Lord Napier’s Coat of Arms : ‘General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, KCB, author of the history of the Peninsular War. He married on 14 March 1812, Caroline Amelia, dau. of Gen. Hon. Henry Edward Fox – he died 1860 leaving issue. He was the 3rd son of Col. the Hon. Geroge Napier, (6th son of Francis 6th Lord Napier), and Lady Sarah Lennox, the 7th daughter of Charles 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox. From the Thirlestane collection, which I [Lord Napier] inherited from my father in 1954’. €1000 - €1500 371 372 374