IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 9 MARCH 2026

111 IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART · MONDAY 9 MARCH 2026 AT 6PM 88 Major General George Thomas Colomb HRHA (1787-1874) VIEW ON THE ROAD, FROM BUNDURROUGH TO DELPHI, CONNEMARA, 1846 oil on canvas faintly signed and dated lower right; with partial Royal Irish Art Union [1846] label on reverse 34 by 49.50in. (86.4 by 125.7cm) Frame Size: 48 by 64.5in. (121.9 by 163.8cm) Exhibited: RHA, Dublin, 1846, catalogue no. 17; Royal Irish Art Union, 1846, chosen as a prize painting to be raffled to the ticket subscribers Literature: The Freemans Journal, 6 February 1847 - Raffle winner results - Connemara “Scene on the road from Bundurrough to Delphi” - G Colomb - listed with winners name George Thomas Colomb was a British Army general and a talented artist. He was born in Twickenham, London and joined the British Army in 1808 as an ensign in the 96th Regiment of Foot. He served on the staff in America in 1814/15 and was promoted to major in 1817 and lieutenant- colonel in 1841. By that time he was living in Dublin and exhibited several of his paintings at the Royal Hibernian Academy. From then on, he was almost an annual exhibitor until 1868 and elected an Honorary Member of the Academy in 1854. In 1843 he was appointed Commandant of the Royal Hibernian Military School in Phoenix Park, a position he vacated when promoted major-general in 1858. From 1869 to his death, he was colonel of the 97th (The Earl of Ulster’s) Regiment of Foot. He was promoted full general on 7 February 1874. In 1820, he married Mary, the daughter of Sir Abraham Bradley King, 1st Baronet, with whom he had four sons and three daughters. His eldest son, George Halton Colomb, was a colonel in the Royal Artillery and also a competent amateur painter. His third son was Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb and the fourth Sir John Charles Ready Colomb, naval strategist and M.P. He died in Dalkey, Dublin, in 1874. €6,000-€8,000 (£5,220-£6,960 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot88