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Lot 370 1974. Portrait of President Erskine Childers(1905-1974) by Bernard Mortell ATCH
18.5 by 15 in.
Presented to President Childers by the artist; gifted to a member of the President's staff; thence by descent.
Charcoal and chalk on red coloured paper, framed.President Childers died on 17 November 1974, just over a month after he was presented with the portrait. Son of Robert Erskine Childers, English born author, naval officer and Irish Republican revolutionary who was executed by the Provisional Government during the civil War, Erskine Childers was a distinguished Fianna Fáil politician and served in several governments under Eamon de Valera, Sean Lemass and Jack Lynch. He served as Tanaiste under Jack Lynch and was elected President of Ireland in May 1973.Bernard Mortell is better known for his sculpture, his best known work being Red Sails at Sunset at Dun Laoghaire seafront. He is also known for writing poetry and plays. A newspaper cutting from the Irish Independent, dated 4 October 1974, with a photograph of President Childers accepting the portrait from the artist, is also with this lot.
Presented to President Childers by the artist; gifted to a member of the President's staff; thence by descent.
Charcoal and chalk on red coloured paper, framed.President Childers died on 17 November 1974, just over a month after he was presented with the portrait. Son of Robert Erskine Childers, English born author, naval officer and Irish Republican revolutionary who was executed by the Provisional Government during the civil War, Erskine Childers was a distinguished Fianna Fáil politician and served in several governments under Eamon de Valera, Sean Lemass and Jack Lynch. He served as Tanaiste under Jack Lynch and was elected President of Ireland in May 1973.Bernard Mortell is better known for his sculpture, his best known work being Red Sails at Sunset at Dun Laoghaire seafront. He is also known for writing poetry and plays. A newspaper cutting from the Irish Independent, dated 4 October 1974, with a photograph of President Childers accepting the portrait from the artist, is also with this lot.
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