ROBERT HUNTER | PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH LEESON, LATER 2ND EARL OF MILLTOWN (1730-1801), FULL-LENGTH, STANDING BY A CLASSICAL URN, A LANDSCAPE BEYOND

KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE

ROBERT HUNTER
Ulster active 1752 - 1803 Dublin
PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH LEESON, LATER 2ND EARL OF MILLTOWN (1730-1801), FULL-LENGTH, STANDING BY A CLASSICAL URN, A LANDSCAPE BEYOND

oil on canvas
76.4 x 63.5 cm.; 30⅛ x 25 in.

Condition Report:
The canvas is unlined, the paint surface is dirty and the varnish is discoloured. There are very tiny pin-prick losses scattered throughout, most notably in the upper right and lower left corners. Discoloured retouching is visible to previous losses along the stretcher marks on the upper and left sides, and in further areas in the sky in the upper left corner. Inspection under ultraviolet light confirms these and reveals further scattered, small retouchings in the background on the left and around the legs of the figure also to disguise the appearance of previous losses. In overall fairly good condition.

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Provenance:
Joseph Leeson, 2nd Earl of Milltown (1730-1801), Russborough House, County Wicklow;

By whom gifted to Elizabeth, Lady Leitrim (d. 1817).