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Sunday Interiors
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Sunday 8
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March 2015 at 11.00am
359
ENGLISH SCHOOL (18TH CENTURY)
Portrait of Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford (1717-
1790), half length, feigned oval
Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 64cm
Archibald Acheson succeeded his father as 6th Baronet in 1749.
He played an active role in the complicated politics of County
Armagh and whilst with a tendency to independent action, his
lust for a peerage kept him within the castles’ sphere of influ-
ence. He married his neighbour, Mary Richardson of Rich Hill,
thereby consolidating his position in Armagh, much disputed by
the Brownlows and Caulfields. However the increasing indepen-
dence of the Protestant freeholders caused him to issue arms to
his Catholic tenants (in itself illegal) for his protection. Never-
the-less he entered the after-life as a peer of the realm.
Provenance: The Acheson Family, by descent
€1000 - 1500
360
A GEORGE IV STYLE INLAID MAHOGANY
CIRCULAR DINING TABLE,
the rosewood crossbanded top with reeded rim, raised on turned
centre pillar and quadruped supports with brass toe caps. 152cm
diameter
€1200 - 1800
Lot 360A
361
A GOOD VICTORIAN MAHOGANY OVAL ENDED
TELESCOPIC EXTENDING DINING TABLE,
with thumb moulded rim and raised on carved bulbous and fluted
tapering legs and casters, with two additional leaves. 348cm long x
121cm wide
€800-1,400
360A A PAIR OF GEORGIAN STYLE MAHOGANY
TORCHERE STANDS,
with dished circular platform, fluted tapering column and
leaf carved down scrolling legs
€300 - 500
Lot 360
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