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Thomas James Mulvany RHA (1779-1845)
COAST SCENE - NOON: PEASANTS WINNOWING CORN -
FROM A SKETCH BY CAPTAIN CHIDLEY COOTE, 1838
oil on canvas
with artist’s name on plaque affixed to frame lower centre;
with artist’s name and title on typed label on reverse; also
with RHA exhibition details on reverse
12 by 18in. (30.48 by 45.72cm)
Provenance:
RHA, Dublin;
Private collection;
Christies, London, 6 May 1996, lot 8;
Where purchased by the present owner
Exhibited:
RHA, Dublin, 1838, catalogue no. 27
Mulvany exhibited at the RHA from 1826 (the inaugural exhibition) until
1844 (bar one year, 1839) showing close to eighty works during this
period. Born in Dublin, he was one of the instrumental fgures in the
founding of the RHA, one of the fourteen original members and
appointed Keeper.
Mulvany died at his home in Booterstown, Dublin in 1845.
The neighbouring Wicklow landscape was a recurring theme in his
oeuvre and the mountain in the background of this scene is likely to be
the Sugarloaf. For further reading see Strickland, p.156-157.
€2,500-€3,500 (£2,100-£2,940 approx)
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John Faulkner RHA RI (1835-1888)
A MOOR NEAR BIRMINGHAM
watercolour
signed and inscribed with title lower left, bearing label of
Tom James Gallery [New Jersey] on reverse
17 by 29in. (43.18 by 73.66cm)
Exhibited:
Tom James Gallery, New Jersey, USA
€1,500-€2,000 (£1,260-£1,680 approx)
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Attributed to Cornelius Pearson (1805-1891)
A VIEW OF WATERFORD
watercolour
with artist’s biography affixed on reverse
12 by 17.50in. (30.48 by 44.45cm)
€800-€1,000 (£670-£840 approx)
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William Widgery (1822-1893)
HARBOUR SCENE, 1865
watercolour and gouache on buff-coloured paper
signed and dated lower right on a barrel within the image
23.50 by 47.50in. (59.69 by 120.65cm)
Provenance:
Mealy’s, Castlecomer, 22 November 2005, lot 412
€1,500-€2,000 (£1,260-£1,680 approx)