£2,000 - £4,000
RICHARD THOMAS MOYNAN RHA (IRISH 1856-1906)
A DUBLIN STREET BOY
Oil on canvas, signed lower left, dated (18)96, 53.25 x 36cm (21 x 14"), unframed
Provenance: Mrs FJ Shand (inscribed on stretcher)
Exhibited: (Possibly) Royal Hibernian Academy
Note: Moynan was the foremost chronicler of Dublin city and county during this period, and specialised in painting children. He exhibited a picture entitled 'Early Trials' at the RHA in 1896, possibly the present oil. Other similar subjects include 'Only a Poor little Crossing Sweeper' and 'Only a Waif! Cold and Wearied!', both exhibited 1894.
Good original condition. 3cm diagonal tear to mid right. Faint stretcher marks. Some faint flaring under UV
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