Adam's The History Sale Tuesday 24th April 2018

34 Tuesday 24th April 47 RICHARD LOVETT Irish pictures with pen and pencil, folio, London,The ReligiousTrust Society, 1888, decorated in blue cloth binding. The illustrations are accurate and as such helpful, for instance the vignette of New Grange shows it as a tree covered mound far from its fantastical 20th century rein- carnation. € 100 - 150 48 SAVAGE, JOHN, L.L.D (ED) Picturesque Ireland, a Literary and Artistic Delineation of the Antiquities, Buildings, Abbeys. Published byThomas Kelly, NewYork, 1884 with illustrations and maps, bound in quarter leather (one volume) € 40 - 60 49 ENGLISH SCHOOL C.1828 Two views of Headford Castle, Co. Galway Watercolour, one inscribed in pencil, “Headford Castle, Co. Galway, Ireland Richard St George Esq.” One sheet watermarked 1828, 146 x 228mm Richard J St George (1789 - 1857) extolled by Dutton in his Survey of the County of Galway for his ‘energy and taste’ in reviving his estate and the town of Headford. His father Richard Mansergh added the name St George on inheriting Headford in 1775.This Mansergh St George, a solider in the American wars; during his absence the estate and house was reported to have been wasted by “outlaws and vagrants”. On return in 1790 he set about reform but was killed in the 1798 rebellion. He is best known for his full-length portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton in the National Gallery, mourning at the tomb of his wife. His son Richard, completed these improvements and embellished the old castle of the St Georges.The present lot is a valuable documentation of his works. € 600 - 1,000