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Augustus Nicholas Burke RHA (1839-1891)
Cattle on a Riverbank
Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 45.75cm (12 x 18”)
Signed
Provenance: Purchased from Seán Ó Criadáin, 1974 by John P. Reihill, Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Wherever he painted, whether in Ireland, England or Brittany, Augustus Burke was invariably drawn to the sub-
ject-matter for which he had an affection throughout his life, namely farm life and landscape. He painted many
studies of sheep, horses and cattle in particular, usually close to water in a landscape suffused with the golden
tones of the late afternoon sun and in which the shadows are the rich, long shadows of evening.
€1,000 - 1,500
The Deepwell Collection
