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    MACLISE PORTRAIT OF CATHERINE DICKENS, WIFE OF CHARLES

    Saturday, December 17th, 2016
    An important original portrait of Charles Dicken’s wife Catherine by Cork born artist Daniel Maclise has been discovered hidden beneath what had been thought to be the original work. Doubts about the authenticity of a portrait of Catherince – treasured by the Charles Dicken’s Museum at Doughty St. in London for 20 years – emerged during the past year. It seemed crude to the museum curator Louisa Price, especially when compared to two gigantic paintings of the Napoleonic Wars by Daniel Maclise in the House of Lords. There were gaps in its provenance.

    An investigation showed it to have been heavily overpainted, with up to 70% of the surface not original. In September the painting was scanned and x rayed at the Hamilton Kerr Institute to determine whether the original Maclise work was underneath. The painting underneath was confirmed as the original 1847 work by Maclise, a friend of Charles Dickens. It remained in Catherine’s possession after she separated from Dickens in 1858.  The museum, which holds the world’s most comprehensive collection of Dicken’s material in the house where he completed The Pickwick Papers and wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby, is working to raise funds for a complete restoration of the Maclise painting.

    The overpainted portrait by Daniel Maclise of Catherine Dickens being examined at the Hamilton Kerr Institute.

    The overpainted portrait by Daniel Maclise of Catherine Dickens being examined at the Hamilton Kerr Institute.

    The x-ray showing the original work underneath

    The x-ray showing the original work underneath

    IRISH FURNITURE A FEATURE AT SLANE CASTLE SALE

    Saturday, October 10th, 2015
    IRISH furniture features strongly at the James Adam sale at Slane Castle on October 13 at 11.30 am.  There is an architectural neo-classical mirror made by the Booker Brothers of Dublin 40,000-60,000) and Dublin cabinet makers Mack, Williams and Gibton; Strahan and Company and Anthony Morgan of Henry St. are all represented with library and dining tables, rent tables and cellarettes.
    A small collection of Killarney work includes an oversized davenport desk (7,000-10,000) and a large circular breakfast table (15,000-20,000). There is a Queen Anne long case clock by Francis Mansfield of Cork (6,000-10,000), a George II ebonised bracket clock by Henderson (2,000-4,000) and ancient oak furniture from the Duke of Abercorn and Belle Isle, Co. Fermanagh.
    The catalogue cover lot is a neo-classical portrait of a lady attributed to Matthew William Peters (10,000-15,000).  There is art by Nathanial Hone the Elder, Robert Hunter, James Arthur O’Connor, William Sadler, Jacob Roos, Stephen Catterson Smith and  Martin Cregan’s Portrait of Arthur Guinness II is estimated at 10,000-15,000.

    Collectibles include a finely engraved pale jade Chinese seal, a Grand Master’s chair from Orange Lodge number 579 (2,000-3,000) and an Italian carved marble group Putti Musicanti from the studio of Florence scuptor Ferdinando Vichi (15,000-25,000). More than 600 lots will come under the hammer.  The catalogue is online.  Here is a small selection:

    AN IRISH GEORGE II GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR, mid 18th century, by John and Francis Booker (40,000-50,000)

    AN IRISH GEORGE II GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR, mid 18th century, by John and Francis Booker (40,000-50,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE A HAMMER PRICE OF 60,000

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for October 5, 2015)

    The inlaid top of an Irish pillar table by William Moore (10,000-15,000)

    The inlaid top of an Irish pillar table by William Moore (10,000-15,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    An Irish Victorian Killarney davenport (7,000-10,000)

    An Irish Victorian Killarney davenport (7,000-10,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 13,000 AT HAMMER

    The Standard Bearer by Daniel Maclise (1806-1870) (5,000-7,000)

    The Standard Bearer by Daniel Maclise (1806-1870) (5,000-7,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    EPIC BATTLE OF WATERLOO CARTOON BY DANIEL MACLISE AT RA

    Thursday, September 3rd, 2015
    A magnificently conserved drawing of the Battle of Waterloo by celebrated Cork artist Daniel Maclise (1809-1870) has just gone on display at the Royal Academy in London. The critically acclaimed cartoon – The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher after the Battle of Waterloo – is over 13 metres wide and 3 metres high. It is on display for the first time since 1972 to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.
    Tim Marlow, Director of Artistic Programmes at the Royal Academy of Arts said, ‘Epic doesn’t begin to describe either Daniel Maclise’s original drawings or the restoration project that The Waterloo Cartoon has just undergone. Only by seeing it will anyone fully understand its power, impact and importance’.
    The term cartoon – from the Italian ‘cartone’ – means a large sheet of paper, usually a full-size preparatory drawingThis one served for a famous painting in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Conservation of one of the largest and most detailed cartoons to survive in the UK was carried out at the Royal Academy thanks to a grant from Arts Council, England.
    It took the artist over a year to complete in 1858-59.  The battle was then within living memory and he carried out extensive research. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert even became involved, using their contacts in Germany to gather information from Prussian officers who were present on the day. Maclise’s image is remarkable for its lack of triumphalism, instead highlighting the stoicism of Wellington and Blücher when faced with human suffering and the tragedy of war.
    Daniel Maclise: The Waterloo Cartoon is at The Royal Academy until January 3, 2016.

    Daniel Maclise, R.A.  Cartoon for ‘The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher After the Battle of Waterloo’  1858-1859 © Royal Academy of Arts, London; Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited

    Daniel Maclise, R.A.
    Cartoon for ‘The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher After the Battle of Waterloo’
    1858-1859 © Royal Academy of Arts, London; Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited

    A detail of the work.

    A detail of the work.

    A detail of the work.

    A detail of the work.

    Conservation process of The Waterloo Cartoon by Daniel Maclise, R.A. ©Benedict Johnson

    Conservation process of The Waterloo Cartoon by Daniel Maclise, R.A.
    ©Benedict Johnson