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20 There is a label on the reserve with the title, in the artist’s hand, and ‘No. 38’; also ‘5’ crossed out, the latter numbers probably referring to old (untraced) exhibition numbers. Also, on the reverse but probably not in the artist’s hand, ‘Kerry Cottages No. 5’ and ‘n. 35’. Moderate to heavy impasto employed throughout and much use of a palette knife in the stone walls, the foreground and the gables of the cottages. Characteristically subdued palette and modelling on the mountains, their dramatic effect being obtained from their rugged outline and barrenness. The leafless tree, too, adds to the meagreness of the scene. Probably painted shortly after Henry’s holiday at Glenbeigh, County Kerry, in the late summer of 1934. The mountains in the background may be the Seefin and Beenreagh range. An almost identical composition to The Stony Fields of Kerry (catalogue no. 797, Kennedy). Dr SB Kennedy, November 2020