An Irish landscape by John Laporte (click on image to enlarge).
Ross Castle and the Lakes of Killarney by Paul Sandby. (Click on image to enlarge).
A folio of 62 Irish landscapes by John Laport (Dublin 1761-1839 London) will be offered at Sotheby’s sale of Old Master and British drawings in London on July 7. It includes views of Belleek near Ballyshannon; Muckross Abbey, Killarney ; Killarney Lake from Innisfallen; Kenmare Church with Landsdown Lodge in the distance; Turk Lake, Killarney; Glenflesk near Killarney; the Brickeen Bridge, Killarney; the Ardtully Bridge on the Rowdy River; Blackwater Bridge; Loch Derg; the Dublin Lighthouse; and others. Each one is inscribed with a title and two are dated to 1798. The estimate is £6,000-8,000.
A bodycolour over pencil drawing by Paul Sandby R.A. of Ross Castle in Killarney features at the same sale. Sandby was born in Nottingham in 1730 and died in London in 1809. The work was sold by the Fine Art Society, London in 1957. It is estimated at £6,000-8,000.