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Lot 99 Archibald McGoogan-A BREEZY DAY, SUTTON (HOWTH), 1889
Archibald McGoogan-A BREEZY DAY, SUTTON (HOWTH), 1889
watercolour heightened with whitesigned and dated (beneath the mount) lower left; with title inscribed on reverse
6.5 by 10.5in., 16.51 by 26.67cm.
Orientation of Image: L
Provenance: RHA, Dublin;
Whence purchased by Mr E.A. Stone, recorded on 1911 census as a Chemical Analyst of Windsor Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin
Exhibited: RHA, Dublin, 1889 catalogue no. 426 [£1-10-0]
Literature:
Notes: Archibald McGoogan was the artist responsible for the design of the Great Seal of the Irish Free State (now in the collection of Collins Barracks) and was the first photographer employed by the National Museum of Ireland. He is also attributed to a chromolithographic print entitled After the bombardment. The holocaust of Ireland's greatest thoroughfare, Friday Morning, 29th April, 1916 in the collection of the National Library of Ireland. He is listed in the Irish Art Societies and Sketching Clubs Index of Exhibitors 1870-1980 as exhibiting over fifty works between 1892 and 1930, mostly landscapes. The RHA Index of Exhibitors 1826-1979 also lists his contributions (between 1888 and 1929) and notes various addresses for him including, 1 Chester Road, Ranelagh, Dublin; 31 Windsor Road, Leinster House, Dublin and 8 Ardenta Terrace, Monkstown.
watercolour heightened with whitesigned and dated (beneath the mount) lower left; with title inscribed on reverse
6.5 by 10.5in., 16.51 by 26.67cm.
Orientation of Image: L
Provenance: RHA, Dublin;
Whence purchased by Mr E.A. Stone, recorded on 1911 census as a Chemical Analyst of Windsor Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin
Exhibited: RHA, Dublin, 1889 catalogue no. 426 [£1-10-0]
Literature:
Notes: Archibald McGoogan was the artist responsible for the design of the Great Seal of the Irish Free State (now in the collection of Collins Barracks) and was the first photographer employed by the National Museum of Ireland. He is also attributed to a chromolithographic print entitled After the bombardment. The holocaust of Ireland's greatest thoroughfare, Friday Morning, 29th April, 1916 in the collection of the National Library of Ireland. He is listed in the Irish Art Societies and Sketching Clubs Index of Exhibitors 1870-1980 as exhibiting over fifty works between 1892 and 1930, mostly landscapes. The RHA Index of Exhibitors 1826-1979 also lists his contributions (between 1888 and 1929) and notes various addresses for him including, 1 Chester Road, Ranelagh, Dublin; 31 Windsor Road, Leinster House, Dublin and 8 Ardenta Terrace, Monkstown.
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