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Augustus Nicholas Burke RHA (1838-1891) A GROUP OF CATTLE, HOWTH HILL, WITH A COTTAGE IN THE B...

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Augustus Nicholas Burke RHA (1838-1891) A GROUP OF CATTLE, HOWTH HILL, WITH A COTTAGE IN THE B...
Augustus Nicholas Burke RHA (1838-1891)
A GROUP OF CATTLE, HOWTH HILL, WITH A COTTAGE IN THE BACKGROUND
signed in monogram lower right
oil on canvas
46 by 36cm., 18 by 14in.
The companion to this piece was exhibited at the RHA in 1874 (no. 309 'A Group of Cattle, Howth Hill') and again more recently with Milmo-Penny Fine Art, Dublin, in their 1992 exhibition of Irish art (catalogue no. 5). It is thought that the present work preceded that painting, which was inscribed "N.2" on reverse. The latter work was also illustrated in the Irish Arts Review, accompanying an article commemorating the centenary of Burke's death (1990-1991, p.108). Burke was born at Knocknagur, near Tuam, Co. Galway, and studied art in London. He settled in Dublin in 1869 and was elected in rapid succession first an Associate then a full Member of the RHA in 1871. He spent much time in the 1870s painting in Breton, and in 1882 finally severed all ties with the country of his birth following the murder of his brother, Thomas Henry Burke, Under-Secretary for Ireland. Augustus Burke died in Florence, 28 December 1891.
€5,000-€7,000 (IR £3,900-£5,500 approx.)
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