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Bust length portraits of the 11th Viscount
Mountgarret (1745-1793) and the Viscountess
Mountgarret (1748-1785)
A pair, oil on canvas, each 72 x 55cm
Inscribed with sitters’ identities on old labels on the
reverse
€ 2,000 - 3,000
by James Auton, Cork, the hood with swan neck
pediment and urn finial enclosing a brass dial and
chapter ring, flanked by fluted columns, above a
waisted case, with a single arched door panel on
bracket feet
€ 3000 - 5000
1916)
Every Dog Has its Day;
Every Couple is Not a Pair;
Fools Rush in, Where Angels Fear to Tread;
Last But Not Least
A Set of 4, each Ink and watercolour, 30 x 49cm
Signed by both artists, in original oak frames,
LIONEL EDWARDS (1878-1966)
Lionel Edwards was born in North Wales. A student at the Heatherly School of Fine
Art, he became the youngest Member of The London Sketch Club at the age of 19. He
became a Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art in 1926 and the Royal Institute
in 1927. He worked almost entirely in watercolour and between 1925 and 1966 he wrote
and illustrated nearly thirty books on sporting subjects, mainly featuring equestrian
sport. He also provided designs for Punch and The Graphic and exhibited at the Royal
Academy, the Royal Cambrian Academy and at the Royal Institute.
LANCE THACKERAY (1869-1916)
Lance Thackeray was born in Darlington. He was a founding member of the London
Sketch Club. He produced the designs for over 950 postcards, working for Raphael Tuck
& Sons of London. He had a studio in Chelsea at 169 Ebury Street and collaborated
with Lionel Edwards, painting watercolours of sporting subjects including horse racing,
billiards and golf. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Fine Art Society of Bond Street,
The Leicester Gallery, the Royal Society of British Artists and at the Walker’s Gallery,
London.
€ 2,000 - 3,000