18TH CENTURY MANNER OF ROBERT HUNTER Portrait of James Ridde...

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18TH CENTURY MANNER OF ROBERT HUNTER Portrait of James Riddell Oil on canvas, 76 x 54cm In feigned oval With label verso ' A Portrait of John Riddell of Crones, West Newcastle, Co Limerick, the property [of] Arundel Hill of Doneraile'. The Hills (Graig), descended from a Cromwellian soldier, settled at Doneraile, county Cork. In the late 17th century William Hill married Anne daughter of Arundel Coke of Suffolk and had six sons. By the end of the 18th century the Hills were resident at Graig and through marriage with a Brown heiress acquired Mount Southwell in the late 19th century. The Hills also had connections with other county Limerick families. Other family connections in the Doneraile locality included the Crones, Norcotts and Cotters. Arundel Hill of Clogheen was the father of three daughters of whom the youngest was Margaret Anne. In June 1858 the estate of Margaret Anne Hill, comprising part of the lands of Curraghanaltig or Tullig, barony of Fermoy, was advertised for sale. The sale included the house and demesne of Landscape which was leased to Wade Foot in November 1879 by Arundel Hill.