A landscape by George Barret (1728-1784) features at Sotheby’s Old Master and British Paintings sale in London on July 5. Estimated at £60,000-80,000 An extensive Wooded River Landscape, with Shepherds reclining in the foreground and Ruins Beyond is from an Irish private collection. The sale also features a Portrait of a Lady, thought to be Lady Charlotte McDonnell, Countess of Antrim (1779-1835) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739-1808). It is estimated at £30,000-50,000.
Both artists were born in Dublin. George Barret was a founding member of the London Royal Academy. Hugh Douglas Hamilton found great success with his pastel oval portraits in London. In 1796 he painted Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the Irish aristocrat and revolutionary.
GEORGE BARRET, R.A.
AN EXTENSIVE WOODED RIVER LANDSCAPE, WITH SHEPHERDS RECLINING IN THE FOREGROUND AND RUINS BEYOND. (Click on images to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £97,250.
HUGH DOUGLAS HAMILTON
PORTRAIT OF A LADY, THOUGHT TO BE LADY CHARLOTTE MCDONNELL, COUNTESS OF ANTRIM. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £34,850.