Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 26th April 2022

144 213 ATTRIBUTED TO SOLOMON DELANE (1727-1812) Figures with goats and sheep, and a woman carrying a bun- dle on a path in an extensive classical landscape Oil on canvas, 49 x 59cm In a fine period swept frame € 5,000 - 8,000 214 STEPHEN SLAUGHTER (1697-1765) Portrait of Robert Viscount Jocelyn, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, three-quarter length seated, in Chancellor’s robes and holding scroll with Chancellor’s purse beside him Oil on canvas, 124.3 x 99cm Later inscribed, bottom left ‘Visct Jocelyn, Ld High Chanclr of Ireland A.D. 1755’ Robert Jocelyn was appointed a Sergeant-at-Law by George I in 1726, and in 1727, the Solicitor-General. In 1739, he was appoint- ed Lord High Chancellor of Ireland. In 1743, he was created Bar- on Newport in Tipperary. Then in 1755, he was created Viscount Jocelyn. He died in 1756. The Chancellor was a contemporary of Dean Swift and was the first president of “Swift’s Hospital” where you can still see the Chancellor’s coat of arms in the stained glass window in the main hall. € 5,000 – 8,000