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153A Alfread Downing FRIPP RWS (1822-1895)
Galway woman and child (c. 1846)
Watercolour 32 x 23.5 cm (12.5 x 9.25”)
Signed and inscribed ‘Galway’
Alfred Fripp was born in Bristol, and studied at the British
Museum and Royal Academy School. He exhibited regularly
with The Royal Watercolour Society (where he was secretary
from 1870 to 1895), at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society
of British Artists, and eight titles at Dublin’s Royal Hibernian
Academy between 1844 and 1853.
Frederick Goodall encouraged him to visit Ireland, and to-
gether with Francis William Topham and Mark Anthony
they worked together during several visits to Galway from
1844 onwards. Their focus on poor rural Irish culture has re-
sulted in a unique legacy of related work. Fripp visited Ireland
between 1844-53 and illustrated a book on Clonmacnoise
in1846, the year this watercolour was painted. He exhibited
several works over the years with Galway titles.
€800 - 1,200
