Augustus Nicholas Burke RHA (1838-1891) “On the Banks of the Liffey, Kildare, August” Oil on canvas, 76.3 x 107cm (30 x 42) Signed. Inscribed on two labels verso: (i) ‘On the Banks of the...

Augustus Nicholas Burke RHA (1838-1891) “On the Banks of the Liffey, Kildare, August” Oil on canvas, 76.3 x 107cm (30 x 42) Signed. Inscribed on two labels verso: (i) ‘On the Banks of the Liffey, Kildare, August.’ (ii) ‘A River Bank in the Summer Time/£80.00/A. Burke AHA (sic)/2 Leinster Street, Dublin/No.1 Exhibited: Possibly, Royal Hibernian Academy 1874, No.33, price £120.00 under the title ‘The Banks of the Liffey’. Burke also exhibited another work with the same title in 1878 with a prices of £15.00 which suggests a much smaller painting than the 1874 version. Provenance: Purchased by the present owners at an auction of the property of Mr. Edward Hempel at Fitzwilliam Place.

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