WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 26 FEBRUARY 2018

IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART · 26 FEBRUARY 2018 AT 6 PM Maclean then retired to Richmond, although he retained a house in Morocco for winter holidays. He died there in January 1920. His funeral cortège, during which his body was carried in state on a gun-carriage through the streets of the city, was also painted by Lavery. (5) By contrast, fourteen years earlier, the present atmospheric sketch gives evidence of the height of Maclean’s prestige, just before his fall from grace. Prof. Kenneth McConkey January 2018 1. Throughout the early years of the century there were frequent reports of kidnap, rescue and ransom by Anjera and other Riffian tribesmen. 2. John Lavery, The Life of a Painter, 1940 (Cassell & Co Ltd), p. 103. 3. For a fuller account see Kenneth McConkey, John Lavery, A Painter and his World, 2010 (Atelier Books), pp. 96-100. 4. Ibid p. 101. Lavery records riding out from Tangier with Bibi Carleton to witness a fight between the Anjera tribesmen and the followers of the brigand, El Raisuli. Sadly no dates are given. 5. Sold Christie’s 17 May 2002. €10,000-€15,000 (£7,140-£10,710 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 28