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1 48 114 Aloysius C. O’Kelly (1853-1936) THE LADIES LAND LEAGUE grisaille on board signed lower right; with artist, title and medium on label on reverse; also with Hugh Lane exhibition label on reverse 11.50 by 9.50in. (29.2 by 24.1cm) Frame Size: 20.25 by 17.5in. (51.4 by 44.5cm) Provenance: Abbott & Holder, London, 1997; Collection of Ted and Elizabeth Hickey, Belfast; Whyte’s,17 February 2004, Dublin, lot 156; Private collection Exhibited: ‘Aloysius O’Kelly - Re-Orientations: Painting, Politics and Popular Culture’, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 25 November 1999 to 30 January 2000, catalogue no. 44 This piece depicts a meeting of the Central Ladies Land League in their office in Sackville Street, Dublin. The Ladies’ Land League (founded 31 January 1881; dissolved 10 August 1882) was an auxiliary of the Irish National Land League and took over the functions of that organisation when its leadership was imprisoned. During the first few months of its existence the Ladies’ Land League took over the administration of the Land League, including the processing of applications for relief and the providing of grants to evicted tenants. By July 1881 there were 420 branches throughout the country. €3,000-€5,000 (£2,560-£4,270 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot114