WHYTE'S IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 22 MARCH 2021 AT 6PM

157 IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 22 MARCH 2021 AT 6PM 114 FannyWilmot CurreyWCSI (1848-1917) GENTLEMAN BY A VINE CLAD COTTAGE, 1879 watercolour signed and dated lower left; partial title visible on label on reverse 12 by 8.50in. (30.5 by 21.6cm) Frame Dimensions: 18 by 15in. (45.7 by 38.1cm) Excellent condition. Fanny Currey was one of the founder members of the Irish Amateur Drawing Society, which later became WCSI. She was the daughter of Francis Edmund Currey, agent to the Duke of Devonshire and resident in Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford. Among her friends were Helen O’Hara, the watercolourist, and the well- known authors Somerville and Ross. Aside from an extensive exhibiting career, she was also a published author and a passionate gardener. See Snoddy, pp. 122-123. €1,000-€1,500 (£860-£1,290 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot114