Important Irish Art
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wednesday 25th September 2013 at 6pm
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137 Seán O’Sullivan RHA (1906-1964)
F. McCormick - Abbey Prayer
Oil on canvas, 105 x 72cm (41¼ x 28¼”)
Signed
F.J. Mc Cormick (1890 - 1947) was the stage name of the
Abbey actor Peter Judge who was born in Skerries.He joined
the Abbey Players in 1918 and appeared in over 500 Abbey
Plays and took part in five tours of America. He is closely
associated with Sean O’Casey playing Seamus Shields in the
first production of “The Shadow of a Gunman” and his sub-
sequent portrayal of Joxer Daly in “Juno and the Paycock”
(1924) was considered a definitive characterisation. Another
portrait of him by O’Sullivan and Cecil Ffrench Salkeld are
in the Abbey Theatre Collection and he was also
caricatured by Grace Gifford.
€2,000 - 3,000
