Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples

Born in Dundee, Staples studied art and architecture from the age of twelve, first at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, later at Dresden, Paris and London. The Royal Academy accepted his first painting in 1875 at the age of 22, Staples exhibited with the RA regularly as well as producing portraits of important politicians, actors, churchmen, artists, and monarchy in England. His most famous painting is The Ideal Cricket Match, which now hangs in the Pavilion at Lords Cricket Ground, with other works of note being Cardinal Manning’s Last Reception and Gladstone Introducing the Home Rule Bill. Staples played an increasing part in the running of the family estate in Lissan, Cookstown in 1905, taking up residence there in 1912, where he succeeded to the property and the baronetcy on the death of his elder brother in 1933.

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'PORTRAIT OF PAUL HENRY, 1898'
- Price Realised: €4,000
- Sale: 02 October 2023
- oil on canvas
- 26 x 18in. (66.04 x 45.72cm)
'SLIEVE GALLION, COUNTY TYRONE, 1876'
- Price Realised: €4,000
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- oil on canvas
- 46 by 119cm., 18 by 47in.
'WINTER'
- Price Realised: €3,400
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- oil on canvas
- 34 by 24cm., 13.5 by 9.5in.
'LISSAN HOUSE, COOKSTOWN, COUNTY TYRONE, 1937'
- Price Realised: €3,000
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- oil on canvas
- 36 by 46cm., 14 by 18in.
'PORTRAIT OF LILY DUDLEY LINDSAY'
- Price Realised: €2,158
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- watercolor heightened with white
- 38 by 27cm., 15 by 10.5in.
'AN ARCHIVE OF PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE SKETCHES'
- Price Realised: €2,000
- Sale: 25 February 2008
- charcoal, coloured pencil, black crayon and wash on paper an
'YOUNG BOY AND HIS DOG, OCTOBER 1898'
- Price Realised: €1,600
- Sale: 25 February 2008
- pastel on buff coloured card
- 34 by 53cm., 13.5 by 21in.
'CONVERSATION PIECE'
- Price Realised: €1,333
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- watercolour
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.
'QUEENIE'
- Price Realised: €1,206
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- watercolour heightened with white
- 36 by 25cm., 14 by 10in.
'A GOOD DAY AT WARREN POINT, 13 JUNE 1918'
- Price Realised: €1,200
- Sale: 25 February 2008
- watercolour with pen and ink
- 17 by 23cm., 6.5 by 9in.
'ANNE, THE ARTIST'S DAUGHTER'
- Price Realised: €1,200
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- oil on canvas
- 51 by 41cm., 20 by 16in.
'HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF A WOMAN'
- Price Realised: €1,100
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- pastel on tinted paper
- 39 by 29cm., 15.5 by 11.5in.
'PORTRAIT OF H. ST. JOHN DIX (16 August 1909); IN TRAIN TO DUNGANNON WITH BOB (11 November 1911); and IN BELFAST TRAM (7 May 1924) (set of 3 works)'
- Price Realised: €850
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- coloured pencil and crayon; coloured pencil and ink; and watercolour heightened with white
- 23 by 34cm., 9.25 by 13.2in.
'CHILD'S HEAD, BRIGHTON, 1924'
- Price Realised: €750
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- watercolour
- 33 by 25cm., 13 by 10in.
'CARTOON OF THE KAISER AS A ZEPPLIN'
- Price Realised: €698
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- watercolour and ink
- 28 by 46cm., 11 by 18in.
'ADA RHIAN AT PALACE THEATRE'
- Price Realised: €571
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- pencil and conte crayon
- 33 by 20cm., 13 by 8in.
'OBSERVATIONS MADE ON A TRAIN'
- Price Realised: €533
- Sale: 13 June 2001
- pencil and coloured pencils
- 14 by 38cm., 5.5 by 15in.
'SHIP BUILDING YARDS, BELFAST'
- Price Realised: €406
- Sale: 13 June 2001
- pen and watercolour
- 18 by 25cm., 7 by 10in.
'COASTAL SCENE, 1926'
- Price Realised: €400
- Sale: 23 October 2023
- watercolour
- 14 x 20½in. (35.56 x 52.07cm)
'FATHER BERNARD VAUGHAN'
- Price Realised: €380
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- pastel and graphite on paper
- 38 by 28cm., 15 by 11in.
'AT OUR DOOR, 39 WARWICK GARDENS, KENSINGTON, LONDON'
- Price Realised: €190
- Sale: 20 October 2025
- crayon
- 6½ x 9in. (16.51 x 22.86cm)
'THREE QUARTER PROFILE OF A LADY IN A TALL HAT'
- Price Realised: €177
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- pencil
- 28 by 22cm., 11 by 8.5in.
'FARM BUILDINGS NEAR MONEYMORE, LOOKING TOWARDS SLIEVE GALLION, COUNTY TYRONE'
- Price Realised: €100
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- pen and ink on paper
- 9 by 12cm., 3.5 by 4.75in.