ADAM'S Country House Collections Day II - 14th October 2025

97 662 HUGH DOUGLAS HAMILTON RHA (1740-1808) Portrait of William Ormsby, M.P. of Willowbrook, Co Sligo (1718-1781); Portrait of Hannah Ormsby, née Wynne of Hazelwood, Co. Sligo ( - 1798); Portrait of Maria Susannah Ormsby (1745-1827); and Portrait of Jane Ormsby (1750-1802) Pastel on paper, oval, each 23.5 x 19.5cm, in original giltwood frames (4) Provenance : Collection of Lord Harlech (Ormsby-Gore), Glyn Cywarch, North Wales; Sale, Bonhams, London, 29 March 2017, lots 154, 411 and 412 (as Anna Tonelli); With Rafael Valls, London, 2018; With Gorry Gallery, where acquired October 2020 Exhibited : Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Portraits from Welsh Houses, 1948, cat. no. 84. Literature : Portraits from Welsh Houses, exh. cat., Wales, 1948, p. 32,cat no. 84 (only Portrait of William Ormsby); J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Cardiff, 1957, vol. 1, p. 76, no. 66 and 67 (Under Portraits formley at Brogyntyn); N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, London, 2006, p. 519; N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, online, no. J.722.143, J.722.145 and J.722.146 € 10,000 - 15,000