Much to interest collectors at Adam’s country house sale

Works by Anthony Van Dyke, Joshua Reynolds and Robert Hunter are a major draw, writes Des O’Sullivan.

The O’Connell Centenary Celebrations, 1875 by Charles Russell (1852-1910) from the ‘Stories of Ireland in Art’ exhibition at the National Gallery in Dublin. Picture: © National Gallery of Ireland.

A 3m-long mid-Georgian Chippendale serving table is among a number of highly collectible lots at Adam’s Country House Collections auction at Townley Hall, Drogheda, at 11.30 am next Tuesday.

Work in progress at Slane Castle has necessitated a move to the graceful Georgian surroundings of Townley Hall for this eagerly anticipated annual sale.