Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 1st May 2024

129 www.adams.ie The Library Collection | 1 st May 2024 247 247 AFTER JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY (1734 – 1797) Portrait of Mrs John Ashton Oil on canvas, 49 x 39.5cm This work is a slightly different version after a portrait of Mrs Ashton c.1769, presented to the Fitzwilliam Muse- um, Cambridge in 1908 by Charles Fairfax Murray. Literature: Judy Egerton, Wright of Derby, Tate Gallery 1990, p. 66, no. 25; J.W Goodison, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: Catalogue of Paintings, III: British School, 1977, pp.293 – 4, no.659 € 1,000 - 1,500 248 A GEORGE III TWIN PEDESTAL PARTNER’S DESK the rectangular top with faded green leather writing panel, with three frieze drawers above kneehole space, flanked by three further drawers each side, 81cm high 168cm wide, 91cm deep, € 1,200 - 1,800