€3,200
Adam Buck, Irish 1759 - 1833"Lady Harriett Anne Gardiner and Luke Wellington Gardiner (Viscount Mountjoy)", watercolour, a large and charming picture depicting a Young Boy and Girl standing by a tripod table, playing chess in a Neo-classical setting, approx. 36cms x 30cms (14" x 12"), signed and dated "Adam Buck 1822" lower left, inscribed on back, in heavy gilt frame. (1)Provenance: Ulick de Burgh, Oldtown, Naas, Co. Kildare.* Luke Wellington Gardiner, Viscount Mountjoy, d.1823 (the year after this portrait was completed), and Lady Harriet Anne Gardiner (married firstly Gillion Gaspard Alfred de Grimaud, Comte d'Orsay, and secondly The Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper).
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