IMPORTANT IRISH ART 25 MAY 2026

46 25 James Humbert Craig RHA RUA (1877-1944) GETTING TO BANGOR, COUNTY DOWN oil on canvas board signed lower left; signed and with title inscribed on original label on reverse 9.50 by 13.50in. (24.1 by 34.3cm) Frame Size: 16 by 20in. (40.6 by 50.8cm) Provenance: Collection of Belfast watercolourist Mrs Margaret Rutherford (1889-1968); Thence by descent to the previous owner; Whyte’s, 27 April 2004, lot 210; Private collection; Whyte’s, 21 May 2012, lot 78; Private collection; Whyte’s, 9 March 2020, lot 5; Private collection This charming plein air oil sketch with its unusual and most probably early signature, was formerly in the collection of Margaret Rutherford, who was herself an artist, friendly with many of the Northern Irish artists such as Craig and J. W. Carey whose works she collected. Rutherford studied at the Slade at the turn of the last century and exhibited with the Belfast Art Society (later the RUA) between the years 1926-1938. €3,000-€5,000 (£2,610-£4,350 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot25