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Important Irish Art
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wednesday 1st April 2015 at 6pm
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Sarah Henrietta Purser HRHA (1848-1943)
Portrait of Constance Alexander (Nee Grimshaw)
Oil on canvas, 100 x 74cm (39¼ x 29¼”)
Provenance: By descent from the sitter to Hilda Alexander; Private Collection, Dublin.
Literature: John O’Grady, ‘The Life and Work of Sarah Purser’, Dublin 1996, p.250,
No 404
Constance was daughter to Dr. T.W. Grimshaw and married Col. Conn Alexander
of Caledon, Co. Tyrone in 1906.
€3,000 - 5,000