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106 100 Charles Vincent Lamb RHA RUA (1893-1964) JANE LOUISE MACENRI, 1924 oil on board signed lower left; titled and dated on plaque lower centre on frame 20 by 16in. (50.8 by 40.6cm) Frame Size: 26 by 22.5in. (66 by 57.2cm) Jane or Joan Louisa MacEnri (1900-60) Jane Little was the daughter of Martin V. Little and Elizabeth Clarke, of Crescent House, Galway. At the age of 17, she married Dr Seagan Padraic MacEnri (1862-1930), President of the Gaelic League (1925-6) and Irish linguist scholar. He was professor of Ophthalmology and Otology and lecturer of Modern Irish at University College, Galway. Charles Lamb would paint his colleague, Professor Alexander Anderson, in 1935 (University of Galway collection). Lamb had settled in Co. Galway in 1921, and as an Irish language and cultural enthusiast, he and the MacEnris shared the same social world there. In 1928 he offered to paint scenes for the new Galway Gaelic Theatre, Taibherac na Gaillimhe. Among those involved in initiating the theatre were Dr and Mrs MacEnri. S.P. MacEnri was head professor of the Irish College, at Spiddal, not far from where Lamb had taken up residence in Carraroe in 1921. After her husband’s death, Joan MacEnri became interested in the nascent Radio Éireann, where she was an early announcer. By 1936, she was broadcasting her own shows from Athlone. In May that year she interviewed Lamb, who was campaigning the prevent the use of foreign dyes in Irish clothing. MacEnri was interested in all types of music, as well as poetry and literature. Throughout the 1930s, she was a regular contributor to pieces for the Irish Press. Her marriage to Dublin engineer, Patrick J. Ennis, in 1937 ended her public broadcasting career. She continued to use her former husband’s name, MacEnri, in conjunction with that of Ennis for the remainder of her life. MacEnri was a noted horse jumping enthusiast and a regular at the Dublin Horse Show. A Council member of the Irish Kennell Club, she was the Irish correspondent for Dog World, which she used to publicise Irish shows and dogs. €1,500-€2,000 (£1,290-£1,720 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot1 00