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74 71 Flora H. Mitchell (1890-1973) SET OF THREE WORKS COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF MATT TALBOT watercolour, pen and ink; (3) each signed lower right and inscribed lower left 9 by 6in. (22.9 by 15.2cm) Frame Size: 18 by 13.5in. (45.7 by 34.3cm) Provenance: Whyte’s, 17 September 2007, lot 142; Private collection Individual titles: No. 18 Rutland St Dublin Where Matt Talbot Resided (exterior of building), No. 18 Upper Rutland St Dublin (interior), and Vault, Glasnevin. Two of the three measure 9 by 6 inches; the third measures 6 by 9.5 inches. The venerable Matt Talbot (1856-1925) was a working class Dubliner who renounced alcohol and led an exemplary life of piety and charity. He died on the way to Sunday Mass and was initially buried in a pauper’s grave. In 1952 his remains were exhumed and transferred to a double vault, depicted here. He was beatified in 1975 by Pope Paul VI. €2,000-€3,000 (£1,710-£2,560 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot71