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John Henry Campbell
ROSS CASTLE, KILLARNEY
Lot 64
Price Realised:
€2,200
Estimate:
€2,000 - €3,000
John Henry Campbell, 1757-1828
ROSS CASTLE, KILLARNEY, CO KERRY
Oil on canvas, 15 1/4" x 20" (39 x 51cm), signed and inscribed on label verso.
Always charming, and occasionally idiosyncratic John Henry Campbell's views of the Irish landscape, ... Read more
Lot 64
John Henry Campbell
ROSS CASTLE, KILLARNEY
ROSS CASTLE, KILLARNEY, CO KERRY
Oil on canvas, 15 1/4" x 20" (39 x 51cm), signed and inscribed on label verso.
Always charming, and occasionally idiosyncratic John Henry Campbell's views of the Irish landscape, ... Read more
Lot 64
John Henry Campbell
ROSS CASTLE, KILLARNEY
Estimate:
€2,000 - €3,000
John Henry Campbell, 1757-1828
ROSS CASTLE, KILLARNEY, CO KERRY
Oil on canvas, 15 1/4" x 20" (39 x 51cm), signed and inscribed on label verso.
Always charming, and occasionally idiosyncratic John Henry Campbell's views of the Irish landscape, its picturesque scenery and antiquarian remains are instantly recognisable. He was educated at the Dublin Society Schools and worked in Dublin as a landscape painter in both oil and, more frequently, watercolour.
His favourite subjects are views of Dublin Bay and scenes in Wicklow. Few facts are known about his life and it is difficult to define his chronology as his works are only occasionally dated. A drawing in the National Gallery of Ireland is dated 1793 while in 1800 he exhibited a drawing 'Moonlight' at Allen's 32 Dame Street. The following year, from an address of 13 Trinity Street he showed two landscape drawings at Parliament House, College Green and he continued to exhibit in Dublin, including at the inaugural show of the RHA in 1826, until his death.
Strickland writes 'Campbells's works are pleasing and well painted' while Crookshank and Glin note that his oils 'rather sombre in tone…prefigure the romanticism of the James Arthur O'Connor. Although almost all of his surviving works depict the Irish landscape he is also known to have sketched in the Lake District.
Campbell's daughter Cecilia Margaret (1791-1857) was also an artist, exhibiting at the RHA until 1847, and married the animal painter George Nairn. Here Campbell paints the familiar scene of Ross Castle in Killarney, a boat house belonging to the Earl of Wicklow on the Arklow River and the Norman towerhouse of Old Court Castle, County Wicklow with the Sugar Loaf in the Distance.
ROSS CASTLE, KILLARNEY, CO KERRY
Oil on canvas, 15 1/4" x 20" (39 x 51cm), signed and inscribed on label verso.
Always charming, and occasionally idiosyncratic John Henry Campbell's views of the Irish landscape, its picturesque scenery and antiquarian remains are instantly recognisable. He was educated at the Dublin Society Schools and worked in Dublin as a landscape painter in both oil and, more frequently, watercolour.
His favourite subjects are views of Dublin Bay and scenes in Wicklow. Few facts are known about his life and it is difficult to define his chronology as his works are only occasionally dated. A drawing in the National Gallery of Ireland is dated 1793 while in 1800 he exhibited a drawing 'Moonlight' at Allen's 32 Dame Street. The following year, from an address of 13 Trinity Street he showed two landscape drawings at Parliament House, College Green and he continued to exhibit in Dublin, including at the inaugural show of the RHA in 1826, until his death.
Strickland writes 'Campbells's works are pleasing and well painted' while Crookshank and Glin note that his oils 'rather sombre in tone…prefigure the romanticism of the James Arthur O'Connor. Although almost all of his surviving works depict the Irish landscape he is also known to have sketched in the Lake District.
Campbell's daughter Cecilia Margaret (1791-1857) was also an artist, exhibiting at the RHA until 1847, and married the animal painter George Nairn. Here Campbell paints the familiar scene of Ross Castle in Killarney, a boat house belonging to the Earl of Wicklow on the Arklow River and the Norman towerhouse of Old Court Castle, County Wicklow with the Sugar Loaf in the Distance.
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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