Lot 26: ARTHUR DEVIS (PRESTON 1712-1787 BRIGHTON) - James, 20th Earl of Kildare and his wife Emily Mary in the grounds

ARTHUR DEVIS (PRESTON 1712-1787 BRIGHTON)
James, 20th Earl of Kildare and his wife Emily Mary in the grounds
of Carton, seated at a table in the garden, she holding plans for a
new bridge
signed and dated ‘Art: Devis fe. 1753’ (lower centre)
oil on canvas 63.4 x 76.6cm (24 15/16 x 30 3/16in).

Provenance:
The sitter, Emily Mary, Duchess of Leinster, who bequeathed the
picture to her sister Caroline, Lady Holland
By descent until bequeathed by a subsequent Lady Holland in 1845
to William, 3rd Duke of Leinster, and thence by family descent to the
present owner