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The Deepwell Collection
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Nathaniel Hone RHA (1831-1917)
Cattle at Malahide
Oil on canvas, 35.5 x 45.7cm (14 x 18”)
Signed with initials
Provenance: Purchased from Leo Smith (Dawson Gallery) 19th Dec 1943 by J.P. Reihill Snr., Deepwell, Blackrock,
Co. Dublin
“Rich pigment laid thinly and boldly with the caressing ease that only comes with ceaseless effort”, thus com-
mentedThomas Bodkin of Hone’s technique. His description has automatic currency in relation to this painting
which is probably a view on the artist’s farm at St. Doulough’s, near Malahide. A painting such as this reveals
the dynamism of Hone’s sketching technique which was suppressed in larger exhibition pieces and is strongly
reminiscent of the plein-air sketches of Corot and Daubigny.While Hone’s depictions of cattle are realistic, they
also have an abstract quality. His concern is with their essence, never with local detail.
€3,000 - 5,000
