Adam's HOMAN POTTERTON A LIFETIME OF COLLECTING 7th September 2021

14 1 AFTER JONATHAN FISHER (1740-1809) A View of The Lakes of Killarney from the Park of the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Kenmare; A View of the Lakes of Killarney from near Dunlow Castle; O’Sullivan’s Cascade Three engravings, 42 x 55cm (16½ x 21¾’ ’ ) € 5,000 - 8,000 Fisher was first heard of in 1763 when he was awarded a premium for landscape by the Dublin Society and he later received another in 1768. Strickland surmises that he was educated in England. He was employed by the antiquarians and was patronized by and friend of Lord Carlow, later first earl of Portarlington and who belonged to the antiquarian set. From around 1778 until his death he held the position of Supervisor of Stamps in the Stamp Office. He painted all over Ireland, not only issuing sets of views of Carlingford and Killarney but also making a first attempt, in 1795 at a comprehensive coverage of the scenery of Ireland in some sixty sepia aquatints. Two sketch-books dating from 1768 to 1770 are in the National Library of Ireland and relate to the two sets of paintings and engravings of Killarney and Carlingford. The sets of oils of Killarney exists in several versions and the engravings for the six were advertised in Faulkner’s Dublin Journal in November 1768.