Adam's IMPORTANT IRISH ART 4 DECEMBER 2024

60 SIR GERALD FESTUS KELLY PRA, RHA HRSA (1879 - 1972) Portrait of Sir Kenneth Lee, Seated, 3/4 Length in a Grey Suit, Oil on canvas, 100 x 75.6cm (39½ x 29¾’’) Provenance: Christies, South Kensington, 21 Novem- ber, 1983; Sale, Christies, London, 10 May, 2007, lot 71; Collection of the Hon. Francis D. Murnaghan Jr., thence by descent. Exhibited: London, Royal Academy 1955, no. 99 € 2,000 - 3,000 Sir Kenneth Lee, 1st Baronet (1879 – 1967), was an English businessman and civil servant known for his role in the cotton industry and public service. Born into a family connected to the textile firm Tootal Broadhurst Lee, he became chairman and president of the company, pioneering scientific research and developing crease-resistant fabric processes. During WWI, Lee served on advi- sory committees for trade and industry, and in WWII, he was Director-General of the Ministry of Information, a trade envoy, and a Board of Trade representative in the US. Knighted in 1934, he was made a baronet in 1941 and passed away in 1967. 61 DERMOD O’BRIEN PPRHA (1865-1945) Portrait of a Lady believed to be Lady Eva Farrer at Cahirmoyle Oil on canvas, oval, 75 x 62cm (29½ x 24½”) With studio stamp on stretcher verso, twice Provenance: with Cynthia O’Connor Gallery, March 1983, Cat. no. 3; Collection of the Hon. Francis D. Mur- naghan Jr., thence by descent. Lady Evangeline (Eva) Farrer, second wife of Thomas Cecil, 2nd Baron Farrer, MP (1859-1940) of Abinger, Surrey was an active Liberal and suffragist. She died in 1968. € 8,000 - 12,000 Hon . F r an c i s D . Mu r naghan J r. Co l l e c t i on