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

29 www.adams.ie Homan Potterton | 7 th September 2021 Gabrielli was brought to Ireland by Lord Cloncurry to decorate rooms at Lyons Demesne in Co. Kildare. While working there he married Lady Cloncurry’s maid and this may have influenced him in staying in Ireland after completing the Lyons project. The paintings there were ‘The Bay of Naples’ and ‘The Bay of Dublin’ as well as ‘Views of Herculaneum’. He also painted similar decorative work at Tandragee Castle for the Duke of Manchester and the painted walls in the draw- ing room of No. 41 North Great George’s Street in Dublin. Practicing in Dublin as a landscape painter he exhibited numerous works in various exhibitions up to 1814 and his land- scapes were described in a notice of the exhibition of the Hibernian Society of Artists that year as “decidedly pre-emi- nent” and according to Strickland he was placed as a landscape painter above Thomas Sautelle Roberts. He was a keen draughtsman and produced many drawings taken while touring the country, several of which were engraved including ‘Carlow Castle’ and ‘Drimnagh Castle’, both used to illustrate Cromwell’s “Excursions through Ireland” in 1820. William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire is quoted as suggesting that Gabrielli ‘repaired to Rome’ in 1814 to paint landscapes, some of which were returned to Ireland but Gabrielli himself does not appear to have returned. His date of death is unknown. 19 ATTRIBUTED TO GASPARE GABRIELLI (FL.1805-1830) Ruins - Study Ink and sepia, 16 x 21.5cm (6.2 x 8.4”) Inscribed by Homan Potterton verso ‘This is by Gabrielli and is from the same sketchbook as the drawing in the National Gallery’ € 300 - 500