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John Stacpoole Esq:r of Cragbrien Castle in the County of Clare [...]
Barrett pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
[n.d., c.1771.]
Rare mezzotint. 430 x 280mm (17 x 11"). Small margins.
Half-length portrait on oval of John Stacpoole (c.1674-1771), issued posthumously. Underneath is engraved text paying tribute to his philanthropy, which went alongside his acquiring 'one of the Largest and best Circumstanced Estates in Ireland'. Engraved by James Watson after the Irish portrait painter Jeremiah 'Jerry' Barrett (c.1723-70). Watson also engraved a portrait of Richard Stacpoole which states that the 'Stacpooles of the County of Clare' such as John Stacpoole are descended from him. Both appear to have been issued as private plates for the Stacpoole family and their acquaintances.
Whitman 84; CS 133; for Watson's portrait of Richard Stacpoole see ref. 37927. Ex collection of the Hon. Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65854] £320.00
Barrett pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
[n.d., c.1771.]
Rare mezzotint. 430 x 280mm (17 x 11"). Small margins.
Half-length portrait on oval of John Stacpoole (c.1674-1771), issued posthumously. Underneath is engraved text paying tribute to his philanthropy, which went alongside his acquiring 'one of the Largest and best Circumstanced Estates in Ireland'. Engraved by James Watson after the Irish portrait painter Jeremiah 'Jerry' Barrett (c.1723-70). Watson also engraved a portrait of Richard Stacpoole which states that the 'Stacpooles of the County of Clare' such as John Stacpoole are descended from him. Both appear to have been issued as private plates for the Stacpoole family and their acquaintances.
Whitman 84; CS 133; for Watson's portrait of Richard Stacpoole see ref. 37927. Ex collection of the Hon. Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65854] £320.00