WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 13 MAY 2023

55 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 28 April - 30 May 2023 96 1885 (August) Visit Of Indian and Colonial Representatives to Dublin, Programme and Guide To The City, and two related booklets. (3) Also National Association Of British & Irish Millers Programme Of The Convention In Dublin June 1886 With A Guide To Dublin & Vicinity By Thomas Stuart, both with maps, also The Hotel Metropole Dublin Souvenir, all printed boards, octavo, well illustrated. Condition: Very good. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 96 97 Late 19th century pewter dinner plates, etched by various people, possibly students at The Royal Irish Academy of Music. Names scratched into the plates include, Robert Pigott, ‘88; A.W. Vaughan; Fanny Ralston; Nellie Douglas, May 14th ‘89; F.R. Woodhouse, Dublin; Wm. Bailie; Daniel Collins, 1886; R. Cassels; Patrick Maloney, Clontarf, Nov. 2, 1890; Augustine Cogan, 26th January, 1868; John Fowler, Clontarf, Nov. 2nd 1890. Stamped Queen’s Crown/X andWD with shamrocks. 9.50 by 9.50in. (24.1 by 24.1cm) Condition: Good, edge knocks, darkly toned. A clue to the origins, perhaps, lies in the signature of F.R Woodhouse, Dublin. In January 1902 F.R. Woodhouse was engaged by the Royal Irish Academy of Music as Senior Professor of Singing but he had occasion to take them to court when, in 1906, he was given notice in writing terminating his employment. In a clear suggestion of déjà vu the said F.R. Woodhouse attended at the Academy at summer vacations end and claimed the right to resume his duties. He said he was “here to do his job”. He was prevented from entering the classroom by one of the Governors. And so perhaps these plates are from the refectory of the RIA Music which was established in Westland Row in 1848 Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 97