Lot 319: Circle of Arthur Devis (British, 1711-1787) Portrait of a young girl, traditionally identified as Catherine Smith Barry... oil on canvas 43¾ x 35½ in. (101 x 90 cm.)

CIRCLE OF ARTHUR DEVIS (BRITISH, 1711-1787) Portrait of a young girl, traditionally identifed as Catherine Smith Barry (1751-1795), as a young girl, standing full-length, in a pink dress and bonnet, before a blue curtain with identifying inscription ‘Daughter of Honble. John and Dorothy Smith-Barry’ (on a label on the reverse) oil on canvas 43 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. (101 x 90 cm.) in a carved and gilded 18th century frame, with inscription ‘B174’ (on the stretcher and on the reverse of the frame)

PROVENANCE: The Hon. John Smith-Barry, Marbury Hall, Cheshire, and Fota House, Fota Island, County, Cork, Ireland, (presumably collection number 174) and then by descent through Sir Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry (1843-1925). The Old Priory, Woodchester, Gloucestershire. Property of the Smith-Barry Estates, removed from the Old Priory, Gloucestershire & Property of St Mary’s University College, removed from Strawberry Hill, Twickenham; Christie’s, London 17 February 2008, lot 5.