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Henry Kirchhoffer RHA (1781-1860) SEA COAST WITH SMUGGLERS signed and dated [1829] lower ri...

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Henry Kirchhoffer RHA (1781-1860) SEA COAST WITH SMUGGLERS signed and dated [1829] lower ri...
Henry Kirchhoffer RHA (1781-1860)
SEA COAST WITH SMUGGLERS
signed and dated [1829] lower right
oil on canvas
64 by 76cm., 25 by 30in.
Exhibited:
RHA, 1829, catalogue no. 123
A descendant from a Swiss surgeon who served in Ireland under William III, Henry
Kirchhoffer was the second son of Francis Kirchhoffer, a cabinet maker in Henry
Street, Dublin. He entered the Dublin Society’s Schools in 1798 and resided in
Cork for many years practising as a miniature painter. He contributed a
watercolour portrait of Charles Robertson, the miniature painter, to the Dublin
Society’s watercolour exhibition in 1823 which now hangs in the NGI. He was one
of the original associates of the RHA and was elected a member in 1826. He
exhibited works from 1826 to 1834, mainly landscapes and portraits in
watercolour and also miniature and figure subject. In 1835, he resigned his
membership and settled in London where he exhibited in the RA and elsewhere from
1837 to 1843. He died in London in 1860 aged 79.
€8,000-€12,000 (£5,200-£7,800 sterling approx.)
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