Adam's IMPORTANT IRISH ART 1st June 2022

12 WILLIAM ASHFORD (1746–1824) A Pair of Views of Dublin Bay, looking North and South Oil on canvas 73 x 136 cms 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 is indicated by a Christie’s stencil). The pictures have been in private ownership since the 1887 sale. € 500,000 – 700,000