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William Hinks ( fl.1773-1797)
SET OF TWELVE PRINTS ILLUSTRATING THE IRISH LINEN INDUSTRY, 1791
hand-coloured and stipple engraving; (contained in leather and cloth
bound album)
each with artist’s name in the plate lower right; with plate number
lower left; with title and publisher’s details lower centre
11.50 by 15.75in. (29.21 by 40.01cm)
Sheet size:14.25 by 20.5ins., dimensions of presentation album 18 by 24ins.
Born in Waterford, Hincks was self taught as an artist, and exhibited at
the Society of Artists, Dublin, in the 1780s, as well as at the RA,
London. The present series depicts the progress of the Linen Industry
in Northern Ireland in all its diferent stages from sowing the seed to
the arrival of the webs at the Linen Hall.
€4,000-€6,000 (£3,278-£4,918 approx).
In 1836 Spode visited Ireland to paint racehorses.
He painted Birdcatche r also known as Irish
Birdcatcher the frst major Irish thoroughbred to
win the Peel Cup at the Curragh on 21 October
1836 (‘Samuel Spode’, Antique Collecting, p.13).
Records of notable Irish patrons for his works also
exist, such as John Dawson Duckett Esq. of Carlow
for a painting done in 1856. In the 1860s Spode is
recorded as marrying an Irish girl in Dublin (in
spite of having a wife still living in England) and
from this period Ireland became his base. The
artist was in London at the time of the census in
1871 but he died in Dublin the following year. His
death was registered by a Teresa Spode. Her
connection to the artist has never been defned.
Researcher and writer on the Spode family history
and business, Peter Roden great great grandson
of the artist, notes that Beadsman is among his
records of paintings by the artist. Spode in fact
painted more than one example of this horse,
which was winner of The Derby in 1858 (ridden
by John Wells, trained by George Manning and
owned by Sir Joseph Hawley). Another example,
a larger painting, sold in Adam’s, Dublin in 1974.
Peter Roden has expanded the history on this
artist in his recently published article ‘Samuel
Spode (1798-1872), Equestrian Artist’ for Antique
Collecting Incorporating Antique Dealer and
Collectors Guide, October 2011 (The Art Issue),
pp.10-15.
We are grateful to Peter Roden for his assistance
in cataloguing this lot.
€2,000-€3,000 (£1,639-£2,459 approx).
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Samuel Spode (1798-1872)
BEADSMAN
oil on canvas
signed lower right; inscribed with title lower centre; with typed exhibition card
[numbered 18] preserved on reverse; with RSVP card of Lady Davis-Goff [Strand Road,
Dublin 4] affixed on reverse
11 by 14.50in. (27.94 by 36.83cm)
Ex 95 Ex 95