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    • JOSEPH ROBINSON KIRK (1820-1894), WHITE MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
      Sep. 08, 2022

      JOSEPH ROBINSON KIRK (1820-1894), WHITE MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

      Est: £500 - £800

      JOSEPH ROBINSON KIRK (1820-1894) WHITE MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN LATE 19TH CENTURY Signed to reverse J R Kirk R.H.A Sculp 66cm high, 40.5cm wide across shoulders Provenance:Barnwell Manor, NorthamptonshireWindsor House Antiques

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    • JOSEPH ROBINSON KIRK RHA (1921-1894) Bust of a Gentleman White statuary marble, 72cm high Signed and dated 1865 The fifth child and eldest son of sculptor Thomas Kirk and his wife Eliza Robinson, James attended Trinity College Dublin in 1
      Sep. 07, 2021

      JOSEPH ROBINSON KIRK RHA (1921-1894) Bust of a Gentleman White statuary marble, 72cm high Signed and dated 1865 The fifth child and eldest son of sculptor Thomas Kirk and his wife Eliza Robinson, James attended Trinity College Dublin in 1

      Est: €3,000 - €5,000

      JOSEPH ROBINSON KIRK RHA (1921-1894) Bust of a Gentleman White statuary marble, 72cm high Signed and dated 1865 The fifth child and eldest son of sculptor Thomas Kirk and his wife Eliza Robinson, James attended Trinity College Dublin in 1838 at the age of 17, graduating in 1843. During his time in Trinity he exhibited two busts at the 1840 annual exhibition at the Royal Hibernian Academy. In 1843 he was awarded a prize of five pounds from the Royal Irish Art Union for a study from life figure entitled ‘Andromeda’. Having been commissioned to execute the figure in marble he spent a year studying in Rome, on the generous proceeds. Strickland notes that Kirk, during his long and productive career, executed not only a great number of portrait busts but also many important public statues and monuments including in Trinity College the four figures of ‘Divinity’, ‘Law’, ‘Medicine’ and ‘Science’ on the Campanile. He is also responsible for the bronze bas-relief of the ‘Siege of Seringapatam’ which decorates the base of the Wellington Monument in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Many of his portrait busts are in institutions such as the Royal College of Surgeons and numerous monuments are in Mount Jerome Cemetery.

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    • Joseph Robinson Kirk (1820-1894) RHA - a white marble bust of a gentleman,
      Jun. 26, 2018

      Joseph Robinson Kirk (1820-1894) RHA - a white marble bust of a gentleman,

      Est: £1,500 - £2,000

      Joseph Robinson Kirk (1820-1894) RHA. A white marble bust of a gentleman, possibly the late O''Bryen Bellingham Esq., MD inscribed verso ''J R Kirk Sculpscit in Marmore 1857'', height 26.5in.

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    • ***PLEASE NOTE MEASURMENTS IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE SHOULD READ '27 x 20.5cm'JOSEPH ROBINSON KIRK (1821 - 1894)Design for a ‘Roman’ memorial centered by a medallion with profile portrait,Ink and black wash on linen glazed paper 27 x 20.5cmSigned
      Apr. 24, 2018

      ***PLEASE NOTE MEASURMENTS IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE SHOULD READ '27 x 20.5cm'JOSEPH ROBINSON KIRK (1821 - 1894)Design for a ‘Roman’ memorial centered by a medallion with profile portrait,Ink and black wash on linen glazed paper 27 x 20.5cmSigned

      Est: €100 - €200

      ***PLEASE NOTE MEASURMENTS IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE SHOULD READ '27 x 20.5cm'JOSEPH ROBINSON KIRK (1821 - 1894)Design for a ‘Roman’ memorial centered by a medallion with profile portrait,Ink and black wash on linen glazed paper 27 x 20.5cmSigned J.R KIRK A.B T.C.D sculptor

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    • Joseph Robinson-Kirk RHA (1821-1894) Portrait Bust
      May. 28, 2014

      Joseph Robinson-Kirk RHA (1821-1894) Portrait Bust

      Est: €3,000 - €5,000

      Joseph Robinson-Kirk RHA (1821-1894) Portrait Bust of a Young Gentleman White Carrara marble, 65cm high Signed J. Kirk RHA fecit On a black marble pedestal Joseph Robinson Kirk was born in 1821, the fifth child and eldest son of Thomas Kirk R.H.A ( an important sculptor of his time ) and his wife Eliza Robinson. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1838, at the age of 17, and took his degree in 1843. He had, while still a boy, commenced the study of sculpture in his father's studio, and in 1840 he sent two busts to the Royal Hibernian Academy. From that year he was an almost constant exhibitor at the Royal Hibernian Academy's annual exhibitions. In 1843, the year in which he took his degree, he obtained the second prize of five pounds from the Royal Irish Art Union for his ''Andromeda,'' a study from the life figure, and was commissioned to execute it in marble. With the money thus earned he was enabled to spend a year studying in Rome. His ''Child listening to noise in a Shell'' exhibited in the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1845; his ''Ruth and Naomi,'' 1846, and his ''Creation of the Dimple,'' 1847, were all purchased by the Royal Irish Art Union as prizes for its subscribers. In June, 1852, he succeeded Panormo as Master of the Dublin Society's Modelling School; but after a tenure of two years his appointment ceased on the reorganization of the school in 1854. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy on 22nd May, 1845, and Member on 13th October, 1854. During his long career as a sculptor Kirk executed not only a great number of exceptional portrait busts, but also many important public statues and monuments. At Banbridge is his colossal statue of ''Captain Crozier,'' the Arctic explorer; at Hillsborough and Edenderry are his statues of ''Arthur, 3rd Marquess of Downshire''; in Christchurch Cathedral a monument to ''the Hon. C. D. Lindsay, Bishop of Kildare,'' and in Trinity College the four figures of ''Divinity,'' '' Law,'' ''Medicine'' and ''Science'' on the Campanile. The extraordinary memorial to Sir Philip Crampton in Brunswick Street was a work of which he is said to have been proud. On the base of the Wellington Monument in the Phoenix Park is a bronze bas-relief of ''The Siege of Seringapatam,'' and several busts by him are in the Royal College of Surgeons. He exhibited eight pieces of sculpture in the Royal Academy between 1845 and 1862. For some years before his death his health prevented him from actively pursuing his profession and he lived in retirement. He died on the 30th August, 1894, at his residence, Milward Terrace, Bray, aged 73, and was buried at Mount Jerome.

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