Live Auction 5660Old Master and British Paintings
Irish School, 18th century
Lot 31 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 29, 30 & 31)

Irish School, 18th century

Portrait of a gentleman traditionally identified as Sir Nicholas Osborne, 6th Bt. of Ballentaylor (d.1718), full-length, in a grey coat, standing with his right hand resting on a table beside his tricorn hat, Fort St. George, Madras beyond

Closed30 October 2014

Price Realised

GBP 68,500

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Irish School, 18th century
Portrait of a gentleman traditionally identified as Sir Nicholas Osborne, 6th Bt. of Ballentaylor (d.1718), full-length, in a grey coat, standing with his right hand resting on a table beside his tricorn hat, Fort St. George, Madras beyond
oil on canvas
94 x 58 in. (239 x 147.5 cm.)
in a contemporary carved and giltwood gadrooned frame

By descent at Newtown Anner, Co. Waterford, through Sir William Osborne, 10th Bt (d.1824) and his sister, Catherine Isabella Bernal-Osborne (d.1880), to her grandson, Osborne de Vere, 12th of St. Albans (d.1964), great-great-uncle of the present owner.