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Erskine Nicol ARA RSA (1825-1904)
HIS OWN FIRESIDE
oil on canvas
signed lower right; with title printed on slip
18 by 24½in. (46 by 61cm)
Provenance:
Gorry Gallery, Dublin;
Private collection
Exhibited:
Likely to have been exhibited at the RSA, Edinburgh, 1861, no. 405 as
His own Foirside [sic]
(Lent by John Walker Esq., of Holywell Green);
‘An Exhibition of 18th - 21st Century Irish Paintings’, Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 26 May to 8
June, 2013, catalogue no. 34 (illustrated on p. 11)
Scottish born Erskine Nicol began to visit Ireland during the Famine period (from 1846). He is
celebrated for his acute attention to detail in his genre scenes.The subject of the present work is a
19th century Irish bachelor mending his clothes watched closely from behind the door by a woman
in a red petticoat. Delightful details include the holy water font in the window, the wove basket of
wool and needles and the subject’s blue and white Connemara walking socks.
For further reading see, Dr. Claudia Kinmonth’s note, Gorry Gallery catalogue 2013.
€
6,000-
€
7,000 (£4,960-£5,790 approx.)
