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William Gibbes MacKenzie ARHA (1857-1924)
SUMMER EVENING
oil on board
signed lower right; original inscribed label on reverse
14 by 10in. (35.56 by 25.40cm)
Provenance:
Whyte’s, 30 November 2009, lot 234;
Private collection
Exhibited:
Belfast Ramblers Sketching Club, 1924, catalogue no. 254
€300-€500 (£260-£430 approx.)
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Leo Whelan RHA (1892-1956)
PORTRAIT OF MR. GEORGE HILL TULLOCH [FORMER DIRECTOR OF
BANK OF IRELAND]
oil on canvas
signed upper left
30 by 25in. (76.20 by 63.50cm)
Exhibited:
RHA, Dublin, 1950, catalogue no. 150 [ George Hill Tulloch, Esq.NFS]
This lot is accompanied by a small Irish Times article announcing Mr Tulloch’s
[of Bushy Park Rd.,Terenure] appointment to the position of Director with the
bank. It notes his previous training and employment as partner with Messrs.
Craig Gardner & Co. Accountants [Dame St.] (Price Waterhouse Coopers).
He also was in charge of the financial records of the Abbey Theatre from 1923
to the 1930s.
€800-€1,000 (£690-£860 approx.)
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Countess Lily McCormack (1884-c.1969)
THE RIVER SHANNON AND BRIDGE AT ATHLONE, 1944
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower left; with typed label on reverse reads
“Painted by Lily McCormack. A present for John. The River Shannon
and Bridge at Athlone”
13.50 by 19in. (34.29 by 48.26cm)
Lily McCormack (née Foley) married the famous Irish tenor, Count John
McCormack in 1906. Born in Athlone in 1884, McCormack’s hometown is seen
here from the far side of the Shannon looking over towards the twin towers of
St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s church. By 1944, when the present work was executed,
the artist’s husband had retired, giving his last public performance in support
of the war effort the previous year. He died in Dublin in 1945 and 1949 Lily
McCormack published a biography on her late husband entitled, I Hear You
Calling Me.
€300-€500 (£260-£430 approx.)