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141. WILLIAM PERCY FRENCH (1854-1920) A Co. Tyrone Snowscape

Watercolour, 16.25 x 26cm (6½ x 10¼”)

Signed

Exhibited: “19th and Early 20th Century Irish Paintings”, Cynthia O’Connor Gallery, Dublin, December 1982, Catalogue No.13

Inscription verso which reads: ‘Sketched by Percy French in the drawing room at Tullylagan Manor after a drive to Dungiven to

give an entertainment. The road was almost impassable with frozen snow. Driven in T. MacGregor Greer’s motor car by T.Mac.G.’

Thomas MacGregor Greer, born in 1869, was a cousin of Thomas Greer (1875-1949) of Tullylagan Manor, Crookstown, Co. Tyrone.

€1,500 - 2,500