Adam's IRISH OLD MASTERS 5th November 2024

60 43 CHARLES JERVAS (C. 1675-1739) Portraits of Thomas Carter (c. 1682-1763) and his wife Mary, (née Claxton) Oils on canvas 121.5 x 95cm Thomas 124.5 x 100.5cm Mary The portrait of Thomas is signed, dated, 1734, and inscribed ‘Dublin’ and ‘amicitiae ergo’ (‘for friendship’s sake’) and with extensive further inscriptions. Mary is housed in a frame made in about 1800 by Kearney’s, ‘Looking GlassWarehouse’, 49 Henry Street, Dublin, see label. Provenance: By direct descent within the family of the sitters Thomas Carter (the sitter) to his son; Henry Boyle Carter (b. c. 1722) at Castlemartin, County Kildare (High Sheriff of County Kildare in 1763) who married Susanna Shaen, to his son; Thomas Carter b. 1753 at Castlemartin, County Kildare, to his son; William Henry Carter (1783-1859), to his son; Thomas Shaen Carter (1813-1875) at Watlington Park, Oxfordshire; By descent within the Carter family. Exhibited : (Thomas): The International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Exhibition Palace, Dublin, 1865, lent by Thomas Shaen Carter (1813-1875) bears exhibition label; National Portrait Exhibition, London, 1867, lent by Thomas Shaen Carter (1813-1875) (no. 409), bears exhibition label Literature : Walter Strickland , A Dictionary of Irish Artists, 2 vols (Dublin and London, 1913) vol.1 p. 548; Peter Aronsson , Dictionary of Irish Biography, www.dib.ie, accessed 20 August 2024 ; Peter Aronsson, Oxford, Dictionary of National Biography, www.oxforddnb.com , accessed 20 August 2024 Melanie Hayes , The Best Address in Town, Henrietta Street, Dublin and its First Residents (Dublin, 2020) p. 50 and for 9 Henrietta Street pp. 50-59 Engraved, The portrait of Thomas was engraved in mezzotint by John Brooks (fl. 1730-1756). This print was reissued by Jefferys and Herbert (Strickland, Dictionary, Vol. 1, 110 ). €60,000-80,000