Lot 70: Robert Hunter (c.1715/20-c.1803) Portrait of Sir

Robert Hunter (c.1715/20-c.1803) Portrait of Sir Edward King, later 1st Earl Kingston, three-quarter length standing, in a landscape, holding a sporting gun and with his dog Oil on canvas, 122 x 98cm Ref: Gurr Johns Inventory 1914 p.111 ú50 "Gallery" Provenance: Rockingham House Exhibited: Municipal Gallery, Dublin 1957, Paintings from Irish Collections (162). National Gallery, Dublin 1969, Irish Portraits 1660-1860 (43) as Sir Robert King, Bt. Edward King b. 1726 - d. 1797, succeeded his brother as 5th baronet, M.P. for Boyle and was made Baron Kingston 1764 (of the second creation) Viscount in 1766, Earl 1768. He married Jane Caufield of Dumanon in 1752, and his prominence was due to his friendship with Lord Townshend, the Lord Lieutenant.