Adam's IMPORTANT IRISH ART 1st June 2022

30 15 WILLIAM ASHFORD PPRHA (1746 - 1824) Two Views of Dublin Bay, Looking North and South A pair, Oil on canvas, 73 x 136cm (28¾ x 53½”) Provenance: Commissioned by Thomas Dawson, 1st Baron Dartrey (1725 - 1813) and painted 1774-75; Sold, Christie’s, Pall Mall, London, on Wednesday, March 6, 1776, as William Ashford ‘ Two Views of the Bay of Dublin ’; Having lost the correct attribution, which has only recently been recovered, they were sold anonymously at Christie’s, 23 July 1887, lots 124 and 126 as ‘Monamy’ [Peter Monamy 1681 - 1749], A Coast Scene with Shipping and ( A Coast Scene with Boats ) (this indicated by a Christie’s stencil). The pictures have been in private ownership since the 1887 sale. An extensive separate catalogue accompanies this lot. € 500,000 - 700,000