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"THE CONSECRATION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. MARY'S, POPE'S QUAY, CORK, c.1842"
Auction: 09/28/2015
Lot: 29
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James Mahoney AUCTION RECORDS
1810 Cork County, Ireland - 1879 London, England. Known for: Watercolor painting, newspaper illustration, sketching.
Mahoney, James ARHA (1810-79). The Irish artist James Mahoney (also Mahony) was a noted (and widely travelled) watercolourist, illustrator and sketcher, who among other things helped to pictorialize... Read full biography
Mahoney, James ARHA (1810-79). The Irish artist James Mahoney (also Mahony) was a noted (and widely travelled) watercolourist, illustrator and sketcher, who among other things helped to pictorialize the tragedy of the Great Famine in Ireland (1846-51). Born in Cork, the son of a joiner, Mahoney's... Read full biography
Mahoney, James ARHA (1810-79). The Irish artist James Mahoney (also Mahony) was a noted (and widely travelled) watercolourist, illustrator and sketcher, who among other things helped to pictorialize the tragedy of the Great Famine in Ireland (1846-51). Born in Cork, the son of a joiner, Mahoney's early years are not well documented. Art historians believe that he studied drawing and painting in Rome, and went on to spend several years in Italy and France before returning to his native city at... Read full biography
Mahoney, James ARHA (1810-79). The Irish artist James Mahoney (also Mahony) was a noted (and widely travelled) watercolourist, illustrator and sketcher, who among other things helped to pictorialize the tragedy of the Great Famine in Ireland (1846-51). Born in Cork, the son of a joiner, Mahoney's early years are not well documented. Art historians believe that he studied drawing and painting in Rome, and went on to spend several years in Italy and France before returning to his native city at the age of 32. Achieving rapid fame for his fine watercolour painting, he exhibited a number of townscapes at the Royal Hibernian Academy (1842-6), including views of Rome, Venice, Paris and Rouen. Not long afterwards, he was hired by the Illustrated... Read full biography
Mahoney, James ARHA (1810-79). The Irish artist James Mahoney (also Mahony) was a noted (and widely travelled) watercolourist, illustrator and sketcher, who among other things helped to pictorialize the tragedy of the Great Famine in Ireland (1846-51). Born in Cork, the son of a joiner, Mahoney's early years are not well documented. Art historians believe that he studied drawing and painting in Rome, and went on to spend several years in Italy and France before returning to his native city at the age of 32. Achieving rapid fame for his fine watercolour painting, he exhibited a number of townscapes at the Royal Hibernian Academy (1842-6), including views of Rome, Venice, Paris and Rouen. Not long afterwards, he was hired by the Illustrated London News to visit the worst centres of famine in County Cork, and it was the engravings of Mahony's sketches from C... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Official Opening of 'The National Exhibition of the Arts, Manufactures and Products of Ireland' Cork
James Mahoney Auction: 03/24/2021Lot: 40Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Official Opening of 'The National Exhibition of the Arts, Manufactures and Products of Ireland' Cork, 1852
James Mahoney Auction: 05/30/2018Lot: 13Subscribe or get free alerts
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