WHYTE'S SUMMER ONLINE ART AUCTION TIMED 10 JULY 2023

88 85 Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) PORTRAIT OF DELIA MURPHY, 1938 charcoal and pastel signed, inscribed and dated lower right 18.50 by 14.50in. (47 by 36.8cm) Frame Size: 23 by 19in. (58.4 by 48.3cm) Delia Murphy Kiernan (16 February 1902 – 11 February 1971) was an Irish singer and collector of Irish ballads. She recorded several 78 rpm records in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. In 1962 she recorded her only LP, The Queen of Connemara, for Irish Prestige Records, New York, on the cover of which her name appears alongside the LP title. During WorldWar II, she aided Vatican official, Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, in saving the lives of 6,500 Allied soldiers and Jews, while her husband, Dr. Thomas J. Kiernan, was the Irish Ambassador in Rome from 1941–46. €1,000-€1,500 (£850-£1,280 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot85