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116 EDWIN LYON ARHA (18/19TH CENTURY)Bust of Arthur St. George Esq.
Wax bust on circular timber base and contained within glass dome, 31cm (12.25”)
high including base, 25cm (9.75”) diameter including base
Signed, inscribed and dated 30 April 1834
Although Lyon never exhibited at the RHA, he was made ARHA in 1836, the year that
he is thought to have died. Little is known of his life but Strickland mentions two other
busts in wax.
Arthur St George built Kilrush House in Freshford, Co Kilkenny, having hitherto lived in
an old castle nearby
The St. Georges are a Norman family who came to Ireland in the 16th Century . They
were very active in political and cultural circles in the 17th and 18th Centuries. The
architect William Robertson who was working at Kilkenny Castle was employed to
design Kilrush House which remains in the family today.
€ 800 - 1,200