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Francis William Topham RA OWS (1808-1877) WOMEN AND CHILDREN LISTENING TO AN UILLEANN PIPER, O...

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Francis William Topham RA OWS (1808-1877) WOMEN AND CHILDREN LISTENING TO AN UILLEANN PIPER, O...
Francis William Topham RA OWS (1808-1877)
WOMEN AND CHILDREN LISTENING TO AN UILLEANN PIPER, OUTSIDE A STONE COTTAGE
signed and dated [1862] lower right
watercolour heightened with white
44 by 62cm., 17.5 by 24.5in.
Born in Leeds, 13 April 1808, Topham originally trained as an artist-engraver. He found employment from an early age in London working as a book engraver for a number of companies including George Virtue's publishing firm, for whom he engraved the illustrations to the Complete Works of Robert Burns. He soon turned however to concentrate on watercolour painting, exhibiting his work with both the New Watercolour Society (of which he was made a full member in 1843) and the Old Watercolour Society (to which he was elected in 1844). He concentrated on scenes of rural life, an interest which remained with him during his travels in Ireland, Scotland, Italy and Spain. Topham visited Ireland three times in 1844, 1862 and 1868. The present work dates from his second visit and must rank as one of his finest Irish compositions. Other works painted by him in Ireland are in the British Museum, the Ulster Museum and the NGI.
€10,000-€12,000 (IR £7,800-£9,400 approx.)
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