Lot 250: Darius Joseph MacEgan (1856-1939) Portrait of Michael Collins

Darius Joseph MacEgan (1856-1939) Portrait of Michael Collins pencil
signed ""MacEgan"" and dated [1922] lower left, inscribed with title on reverse backing board
46 by 36cm., 18 by 14in.
Provenance:
Framing label of A. Bassi, Wellington Quay; Private collection
A scarce contemporaneous drawing of Michael Collins.
Darius Joseph MacEgan, also known as "The MacEgan" (he was the last of a line of direct descendents of the clan MacEgan), was born in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. He studied at the School of Art in Dublin and later in London, and first exhibited at the RHA in 1881. The Gorry Gallery held a memorial exhibition of his work in 1940.