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Samuel Frederick Brocas (c.1792-1847)
Estimate:
€3,000 - €5,000
Sold
€2,900
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
9.75 by 16in. (24.8 by 40.6cm)
Description
Title: VIEW OF COLLEGE GREEN AND TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN 1818
Note: John McCann was the son of James McCann M.P. who had built a business empire in stock brokerage. Another view of College Green and Trinity by Brocas can be found in the National Gallery of Ireland collection (their reference NGI 2558, purchased in 1904). Reference Irish Watercolours and Drawings in the National Gallery of Ireland, Adrian Le Harivel, ed., 1991.
Note: John McCann was the son of James McCann M.P. who had built a business empire in stock brokerage. Another view of College Green and Trinity by Brocas can be found in the National Gallery of Ireland collection (their reference NGI 2558, purchased in 1904). Reference Irish Watercolours and Drawings in the National Gallery of Ireland, Adrian Le Harivel, ed., 1991.
Medium
ink and watercolour
Signature
inscribed [S.F. Brocas. del.1818 Dublin] lower right
Provenance
Collection of John McCann of Simmonscourt Castle, Dublin 4;Thence by family descent to the present owner
