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1722 Robert Morden, The Kingdom of Ireland.
original colouring, framed; also “A Correct Chart of St. George’s Channel and the Irish Sea”, after Richard
Seale, 1750, handcoloured and framed.(2) The large
18¼ x 14in. (46.36 x 35.56cm)
Estimate €200-€250 £156-£195
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 1112
1885 Relief portrait of Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) by Denis B. Sheahan (fl.1870-1900)
Denis B. Sheahan (fl.1870-1900) American. A cast bronzed-metal plaque the central concave reserve with a
relief profile of Oliver Goldsmith, inscribed “D.B. Sheahey - Sculpt - K.Y. 1885”. Framed.
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 a similar plaque of Robert Emmet (sold by Whytes, 2007); a 27 inch high standing
statue of Daniel O’Connell (sold through Skinner’s, Massachusetts, 1997) and a marble bust of the engineer
Joseph Harrison Jnr in the Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts. Sheahan earned a degree of notoriety for
his forgeries of eighteenth century sundials and scientific equipment, which had become highly collectable by
the late 1880s and proved a lucrative sideline industry.
10½ x 10½in. (26.67 x 26.67cm)
Estimate €800-€1200 £624-£936
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 12