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146 History 266 Michael Collins portrait by Sir John Lavery, lithograph signed by Collins. Signed Miceal O Coilean. Condition: Overall toning, bloom, couple of edge tears. Framed, signed in lower margin by Collins. .Sir John Lavery painted portraits of Griffith and Collins in 1921 whilst they were in London negotiating the terms of the Irish Treaty. Within months of their portraits being painted, both men were dead - Griffith of a heart attack, Collins killed in an ambush, both in August 1922. The prints were based on oil portraits, one of which is now in the collection of the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin. Printed by Wilson Hartnell & Co. Publishers, Dublin. Estimate €1000-€1500 (approx £910-£1,360) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 266