ADAM'S THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 29th April 2025

131 www.adams.ie The Library Collection | 29 th April 2025 239 A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD LIBRARY TABLE the shaped rectangular top over a frieze of two long drawers, raised on lyre end sup- ports, carved paw feet. 74cm high x 116cm long x 60.5cm wide € 1,000 - 1,500 238 AFTER HIERONYMUS WIERIX St. Francis of Assisi with Instruments of the Passion Oil on copper panel, 15 x 10.5cm € 400 - 500 237 ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN RUSSELL RA (1745-1806) Portrait of Miss Margaret Lee Oil on canvas, 32 x 28.5 cm Provenance: By repute from the Collection of Sir Thom- as Alston Bt. Odell Castle, Bedfordshire; Senator Ed- ward McGuire, Newtownpark House, Blackrock, thence by descent It is believed that Miss Margaret Lee was Sir Thomas Al- ston 5th Bt.’s housekeeper at Odell Castle. He had sep- arated from his wife Catherine Davis-Bovey by mutual consent two years after their marriage. Upon his death in 1774 his entire estate was left to Miss Lee and subsequently to their illegitimate son Thomas. € 1,000 - 1,500 236 EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a woman, half-length, seated holding a flute with a dog on her lap Oil on canvas, 77 x 64cm € 2,000 - 3,000