Lot 83: Lady Kate Dobbin (1868-1948)

The drawing room, St Michael's Rectory, Cork
signed 'K. Dobbin.' (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'Interior/Lady Dobbin/Imperial Hotel/Cork', and with inscription 'The Drawing Room, St Michael's Rectory/Canon Webster Cork' (on a label attached to backboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour
14 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (36.8 x 27.3 cm.)

Influenced by Rose Barton and Mildred Anne Butler, Lady Dobbin was a talented amateur, who moved to Cork in 1887 on her marriage to a successful tobacco manufacturer. She exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1894-1947, particularly local views around Cork. Examples of her work can be seen in the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork.

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