This 1788 portrait miniature by Horace Hone comes up as lot 104 at Whyte’s sale of Irish and International Art in Dublin this evening. The live online auction is on view at the RDS until 6 pm today, when bidding begins. The watercolour on ivory, one of a number of miniatures on sale, is signed with the initials and dated. It was shown at the Gorry Gallery exhibition of 18th-21st Century Irish Paintings in Dublin in 2020 and is in excellent condition. It is estimated at 1,200-1,800.