Richard, 4th Viscount Powerscourt (1762-1809), facing right in brown coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair

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HORACE HONE, A.R.A. (1754/56-1825)
Richard, 4th Viscount Powerscourt (1762-1809), facing right in brown coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair
signed with monogram and dated 'HH 1790' (lower right)
oval, 2½ in. (63 mm.) high, ormolu laurel and berry mount surmounted by Ducal coronet within black wood frame

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Lot Essay

Richard, 4th Viscount Powerscourt married Catherine (d. 1793), 2nd daughter of 1st Earl of Clanwilliam on 30 June 1789 and had issue. He married secondly, Isabella (d. 1848), daughter of the Rt. Hon. William Brownlow in 1796 and by her had issue.
See lot 132 for a miniature of the 4th Viscount and his first wife, Catherine.

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