A watercolour once owned by General Sir Miles Dempsey, D-Day Commander of the British Second Army, comes up at Dolan’s Irish art and antiques auction at Rochestown Park Hotel on January 18. Frank Egginton’s Geese on the shore near Renvyle is estimated at 1,200-1,600. General Dempsey, who was born in Cheshire of Irish descent, was knighted on the battlefields by King George VI in 1944, the first British officer to be knighted at battle since Agincourt in 1415.
Around 40 lots from Tulira Castle in Co. Galway, once the home of playwright Edward Martyn, are to be included. Among them is a complete Victorian dressing set with hallmarked handles in its original case. There is also some contemporary South American silver from Tulira as well as a three dimensional Victorian diorama of a provision store.
The catalogue cover is Arthur Maderson’s Towards the Lake Isle of Innisfree, which is estimated at 3,000-5,000. The catalogue for this auction of more than 200 lots of art, collectibles and antiques is online. Here is a small selection:
UPDATE: THE top lots were Towards the Lake Isle of Innisfree (6,500) by Arthur Maderson; Shades of Evening by Kenneth Webb (5,500); The Weir at Lismore by Arthur Maderson (5,000); Evening Venice by Maderson (3,000); Spring Becomes Summer by Mark O’Neill (2,000) and Norah McGuinness Fields of Donegal (1,450).
Frank Egginton – Geese on the shore near Renvyle (1,200-1,600). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,400
Victorian Rosewood Travelling Dressing Case (700-1,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,050 AT HAMMER
Diorama of Provision Store (400-600). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Arthur Maderson, Towards the Lake Isle of Innisfree. UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,500