BLACK STALLION, 1939 Rosemary O'Callaghan-Westropp (1896-1982)
Signature: signed and dated lower left Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 36 by 46cm., 14 by 18in. Contained in Original Dawson Gallery frame. The O'Callaghan-Westropp family lived in the 18th Century Maryfort Estate (also known as Lismehane House) in the barony of Tulla Upper, County Clare in the... e early 19th Century. It is recorded in Griffith's Valuation as being occupied by John O'Callaghan, valued at £35 and held from George Westropp. In the 20th century it was the home of his son Colonel George O'Callaghan who assumed the additional name of Westropp. The house was demolished in 1967 by Colonel Conor J. O'Callaghan Westropp, the last member of the family to live there. Images of the artist, Rosemary and her sister Henrietta, daughter to (Col. George and sister to Col. Conor) riding their family horses can be found in the collection of Clare County Library. Rosemary is mentioned in Burke's Irish Family Records as having painted the great jockey Pat Taafe on that most loved of Irish racehorses, Arkle. She is also recorded as exhibiting eleven works, mainly equestrian, with the Watercolour Society from 1937-1940 more
BLACK STALLION, 1939 Rosemary O'Callaghan-Westropp (1896-1982)
Signature: signed and dated lower left Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 36 by 46cm., 14 by 18in. Contained in Original Dawson Gallery frame. The O'Callaghan-Westropp family lived in the 18th Century Maryfort Estate (also known as Lismehane House) in the barony of Tulla Upper, County Clare in the... e early 19th Century. It is recorded in Griffith's Valuation as being occupied by John O'Callaghan, valued at £35 and held from George Westropp. In the 20th century it was the home of his son Colonel George O'Callaghan who assumed the additional name of Westropp. The house was demolished in 1967 by Colonel Conor J. O'Callaghan Westropp, the last member of the family to live there. Images of the artist, Rosemary and her sister Henrietta, daughter to (Col. George and sister to Col. Conor) riding their family horses can be found in the collection of Clare County Library. Rosemary is mentioned in Burke's Irish Family Records as having painted the great jockey Pat Taafe on that most loved of Irish racehorses, Arkle. She is also recorded as exhibiting eleven works, mainly equestrian, with the Watercolour Society from 1937-1940 more
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