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16 9 Henry Jones Thaddeus (1859-1929) CLIFFS OF MOHER, COUNTY CLARE, 1923 oil on panel signed and dated lower right 13 by 17.50in. (33 by 44.5cm) Frame Dimensions: 19 by 23.5in. (48.3 by 59.7cm) Excellent condition. Provenance: Christie’s, London, 22 May 1998, lot 40; Private collection Born Henry Thaddeus Jones in 1859, he entered the Cork School of Art when he was only ten years old. There he studied under the genre painter James Brenan. Thaddeus won the RDS Taylor Prize in 1878 enabling him to go to London, and then again in 1879 enabling him to continue his studies in Paris at the Académie Julian. His first major painting, The Wounded Poacher, was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1881. He received commissions to paint portraits, among them two papal portrait commissions for Pope Pius X, and became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He received several other portrait commissions. In his latter years he settled in the Isle of Wight, and died there at Ryde, on 1 May 1929. His autobiography was titled Recollections of a Court Painter, published in 1912. See also Rooney, Brendan (2003). The Life andWork of Harry Jones Thaddeus, 1859-1929. Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2003 €3,000-€5,000 (£2,590-£4,310 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot9