Grace Henry HRHA (1868-1953)
Coastal Scene, Achill
Oil on canvas, 38 x 46cm (15 x 18'')
Signed

Provenance: Hector Boyd Hanna (1886-1982), Belfast; thence by family descent.

 

Hector...

Grace Henry HRHA (1868-1953)
Coastal Scene, Achill
Oil on canvas, 38 x 46cm (15 x 18'')
Signed

Provenance: Hector Boyd Hanna (1886-1982), Belfast; thence by family descent.

 

Hector Hanna attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution (Inst.) from 1900 to 1905. Paul Henry also attended Inst. for two years, from September 1891. After graduating from Oxford in 1909 Hanna became assistant to Professor Robert Henry, Pauls brother, in the Department of Latin at Queens University in Belfast. He returned to Inst. as a master in 1916 and was appointed Headmaster of the Classical Department in 1930. The Hanna family believe that their grandfather, Hector Hanna got to know Paul Henry through Pauls brother Robert and that having lent the young artist some money was offered in return a small selection of paintings. They have remained in the Hanna family since then.

 

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