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19th Century Irish School
Estimate:
€1,500 - €2,000
Sold
€900
Live Auction
Irish & International Art Auction
ARTIST
19th Century Irish School
Size
30 by 25in. (76.2 by 63.5cm)
Description
Title: JOHN HOWARD PARNELL
Note: John Howard Parnell (1843-1923) was an older brother of the Irish Nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell and the fifth child of John Henry Parnell of Avondale, Co. Wicklow and his wife Delia Stewart.He was the first of the two brothers to stand for Parliament in the general election of 1874 but was unsuccessful. Following this he went to Chambers County, Alabama in the US where he was a cotton-grower and later, a pioneering peach farmer, establishing the Sunny South Fruit Farm. He also founded the first Catholic congregation in that part of the state, now the Holy Family Catholic Church in Lanett, Alabama. The Parnell Society later established the John Howard Parnell Memorial Garden Park in Valley, Alabama. Parnell returned to Ireland when he inherited Avondale on Charles's death in October 1891. He later sold it in 1899 and five years later, at the suggestion of Horace Plunkett, it was purchased by the State. John Howard Parnell is mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses, where Bloom sees him wandering the streets in "Lestrygonians," and again in "Wandering Rocks".
Note: John Howard Parnell (1843-1923) was an older brother of the Irish Nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell and the fifth child of John Henry Parnell of Avondale, Co. Wicklow and his wife Delia Stewart.He was the first of the two brothers to stand for Parliament in the general election of 1874 but was unsuccessful. Following this he went to Chambers County, Alabama in the US where he was a cotton-grower and later, a pioneering peach farmer, establishing the Sunny South Fruit Farm. He also founded the first Catholic congregation in that part of the state, now the Holy Family Catholic Church in Lanett, Alabama. The Parnell Society later established the John Howard Parnell Memorial Garden Park in Valley, Alabama. Parnell returned to Ireland when he inherited Avondale on Charles's death in October 1891. He later sold it in 1899 and five years later, at the suggestion of Horace Plunkett, it was purchased by the State. John Howard Parnell is mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses, where Bloom sees him wandering the streets in "Lestrygonians," and again in "Wandering Rocks".
Medium
oil on canvas
Signature
indistinctly signed lower right
Provenance
Parnell Family, Avondale House, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow;Dispersal sale, 1903;'The Parnell Room', Rathdrum Inn, Co. Wicklow;Private collection
Exhibited
Avondale House, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow (long term loan until 2020)
