WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 4 MARCH 2019 AT 6PM

111 John Behan RHA (b.1938) THREE JOLLY PIGEONS bronze; (unique) signed 15 by 8 by 7in. (38.1 by 20.3 by 17.8cm) Provenance: Hallward Gallery, Dublin; Where purchased by the present owner Exhibited: ‘Group Show’, Hallward Gallery, Dublin, Summer 2002, catalogue no. 100 Three Jolly Pigeons was the name of a public house that provided the setting for Oliver Goldsmith’s renowned play She Stoops to Conquer, written in 1773. “Then come, put the jorum about, And let us be merry and clever, Our hearts and our liquors are stout, Here’s the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever. Let some cry up woodcock or hare, Your bustards, your ducks, and your widgeons; But of all the birds in the air, Here’s a health to the Three Jolly Pigeons.” See lot 115 for a maquette of Oliver Goldsmith [1861] by John Henry Foley for the life-size bronze at the gates to Trinity College, Dublin. €1500-€2000 (£1,320-£1,750 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 111