Live Auction 8012Lyons Demesne Works of Art from The Collection of The Late Dr. Tony Ryan
Nathaniel Hone, R.A. (Dublin 1718-1784 London)
Lot 286

Nathaniel Hone, R.A. (Dublin 1718-1784 London)

Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a white dress, playing a harp, standing by a column in a landscape

Closed14 July 2011

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GBP 13,750

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Nathaniel Hone, R.A. (Dublin 1718-1784 London)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a white dress, playing a harp, standing by a column in a landscape
oil on canvas, in a painted oval
36 x 28½ in. (92 x 72.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 21 May 1998, lot 233 (£10,350).

Specialist note

Nathaniel Hone was one of the most talented Irish portrait painters of his generation. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he moved to London as a young man, where the local market offered greater possibilities; he only occasionally returned to Ireland afterwards. Hone initially specialized in painting portrait miniatures but gave this up in the 1760s to concentrate on work on the scale of life. He built up a fashionable portrait practice, and was one of two Irish founding members of the Royal Academy, the other being George Barret.