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Gregor Grey (fl.1870s-1911)
DUCKLINGS, 1893
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower left
13½ x 20¾in. (34.29 x 52.71cm)
Gregor Grey was the son of Charles Grey RHA
(c.1808-1892) and brother of the painters Alfred
Grey RHA (1845-1926), Edwin Landseer Grey and
James Grey and the engraver Charles Malcolm Grey.
Gregor exhibited every year at the RHA from 1877-
1911, averaging three to four exhibits a year - the
most that a non-RHA member could possibly hope
to have accepted. He also showed twice at the
Oireachtas Art Exhibitions of 1906 and 1907. His
works tended to be on a rustic theme and featured
quaint, aneccdotal titles. Grey earned - albeit
unwittingly - some modicum of posterity when
James Joyce included in Ulysses a character called
Gregor Grey who was the designer of Gallaher’s map
and whose career was given “a leg up” by illustrating
an advertisement.
Estimate €700-€1000 (approx £609-£870)
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Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941)
A LADY IN BLACK - MISS ESTHER MCLAREN and
MARY IN GREEN (A PAIR)
engraving; (2) (no. 150 from an edition of 160)
signed lower right; numbered lower left; with label
affixed verso detailing the edition number
7¼ x 5¾in. (18.42 x 14.61cm)
Sheet size: 12.5 by 8.5in.
Estimate €400-€500 (approx £348-£435)
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