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WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
188
George Hall Neale (British, 1863-1940)
PORTRAIT OF W.WATSON RUTHERFORD, ESQ., M.P.,
LORD MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL, 1904
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower left
39 by 29in. (99 by 74cm)
Exhibited:
The Royal Academy, London, 1904, catalogue no. 513
€
800-
€
1,200 (£640-£960 approx.)
190
Richard Thomas Moynan RHA
(1856-1906)
RHA BRONZE PRIZE MEDAL TO RICHARD T. MOYNAN
[FOR DRAWING FROM THE ANTIQUE], 1883
engraved with artist’s name and date
2½ by 2½in. (5 by 5cm)
As a student of the RHA, Dublin born Moynan was awarded
both a silver and a bronze medal and a prize for the best
study in the painting class of 1883. In the same year the
artist also won the Albert Scholarship for the best picture at
the Academy by a student.
€
400-
€
600 (£320-£480 approx.)
191
Dennis B. Sheahan
(American,
fl.
1870-1900)
DANIEL O’CONNELL
bronze
inscribed “D.B
.
Sheahan. Sclptr. J.G.
Schuck. chaser. N.Y.” at base
25 by 8 by 7½in. (64 by 20 by
18cm)
Literature:
G.B. Opitz, ed.,
Dictionary of
American Sculptors
“18th Century
to the Present”, Poughkeepsie, NY,
1984, p. 622 (illustrated)
American-born sculptor Dennis B.
Sheahan evidently had Irish
connections for in 1879 he was
commissioned by the Friendly Sons of
Saint Patrick to sculpt a bust of the
poet Thomas Moore, which now stands
in Central Park, New York. Other recorded works include the present
example of a standing statue of Daniel O’Connell, a marble bust of the
engineer Joseph Harrison Jnr in the Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts
and a profile head of the executed Irish patriot, Robert Emmet (1778-1803),
based on the stipple engraved portrait by James Petrie and sculpted in
copper relief panel by Sheahan in 1884 (sold through Whyte’s 26
November 2007, lot 95).
€
1,500-
€
2,000 (£1,200-£1,600 approx.)
189
Augustus Nicholas Burke RHA (1838-1891)
HEAD OF OLD WOMAN
oil on canvas
titled and with artist’s name on original label on reverse; also with
W. Carling & Son Art Dealers [Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, England]
label on reverse
21 by 18½in. (53 by 46cm)
€
800-
€
1,200 (£640-£960 approx.)