Lot 5: Thomas Spencer (1700-1763) Flying Childers oil on canvas 40 x 49 ¾ in. (101.6 x 126.4 cm.)

Thomas Spencer (1700-1763)
Flying Childers
signed, inscribed and dated 'Childers Belonging to his Grace/the Duke of Devonshire,/1725/Thos.Spencer pinxt/1725' (lower right) and further inscribed and dated 'Childers Belonging to his Grace/The Duke of Devonshire 1724' (lower left)
oil on canvas
40 x 49 ¾ in. (101.6 x 126.4 cm.)

Probably commissioned by Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Bt., M.P. for Co. Clare, d. 1765, and by descent to his son,
Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Bt., M.P., d. 1795, and by descent to his son
Sir Edward O'Brien, 4th Bt., M.P., d. 1837, and by descent to his son
Sir Lucius O'Brien, 5th Bt. who succeeded as 13th Baron Inchiquin, M.P., d. 1872, and by descent to his son
Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron, K.P., d. 1900, and by descent to his son
Lucius William O'Brien, 15th Baron, d. 1929, and by descent to his son
Donough Edward Foster O'Brien, 16th Baron, Dromoland Castle; James Adam & Sons, Dublin, 4 December 1962, lot 450 (£850 to Mrs. Braga, whose grandfather was the 14th Baron Inchiquin).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 December 1996, lot 5, where acquired by the present owner.