Lot 146: John Howard Burgess (1817-1890) "OH" A DAINTY

John Howard Burgess (1817-1890) "OH" A DAINTY PLANT IS THE IVY GREEN THAT CREEPETH O'ER RUINS OLD..." - DICKEN'S IVY GREEN, 1846 signed and dated lower left; inscribed with artist's name and dated again on reverse oil on canvas 53 by 44cm., 21 by 17.25in. Exhibited: RHA, Dublin, 1846, catalogue no. 30 In the original Gothic revival frame. Burgess exhibited at the RHA from 1830 until 1880, showing mostly views of the Antrim coast, particularly Carrickfergus. He contributed twenty-five illustrations to Hall's Ireland, its Scenery and Character (1841) and was awarded two prizes by the Royal Irish Art Union in 1843. By 1850 he had established a painting academy in Donegall Place, Belfast. The present work is comparable in subject and treatment to his watercolour of the O'Cahan Tomb, Dungiven Church, (Ulster Museum, illustrated in Crookshank and Glin, The Watercolours of Ireland, p. 8).