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Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton Devon 1723-1792 London)
Lot 245

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton Devon 1723-1792 London)

Portrait of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon (1727-1807), three-quarter-length, in a green waistcoat with gold trim and a grey coat, a tricorn under his left arm, in a landscape

Closed3 July 2013

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon (1727-1807), three-quarter-length, in a green waistcoat with gold trim and a grey coat, a tricorn under his left arm, in a landscape
oil on canvas
48 x 40 in. (122 x 101.6 cm.)

(Presumably) by descent to Henry, 5th Earl of Shannon; Christie's, London, 29 June 1889, lot 44 (215 gns. to the following).
with Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, from whom acquired on 31 December 1892 by the following.
C. Morland Agnew; sold by his executors on 1 May 1934 to the following. with Thomas Agnew and Sons, London.
with Leggatt Brothers, London.
Lady Hague; Sotheby's, London, 14 June 1961, lot 98 (£1,300 to the following).
with Frost & Reed, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 November 1963, lot 101 (1,600 gns. to Boyle).
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 17 November 1989, lot 163 (£41,800).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1992, lot 39 (£41,800).

Specialist note

Richard Boyle was the eldest son of Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon (d. 1764), speaker of the Irish House of Commons, and his second wife, Henrietta (d. 1746), daughter of Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington. Like his father, Richard Boyle held several high political offices and was a Privy Councilor. He married Catherine Ponsonby in 1763 and succeeded his father the following year. He was created Baron Carleton in the British peerage on 21 August 1786. Sittings are recorded for this portrait in 1759.