Lot 583: Original Watercolour: Haydn (J.A.) 1881 - 1957. A

Original Watercolour: Haydn (J.A.) 1881 - 1957. A large panoramic view of a Castle ruins, with ruined Ancillary buildings, entrance arch, church etc., watercolour, signed and dated 1931, approx. 29cms x 74cms (11 1/2" x 29"), in recent gilt frame.

* John Armour Haydn, Architectural and landscape painter was the only son of the Ven. J.A. Haydn, Rector of Nantenan, near Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, and sometime Archdeacon of Limerick. He was first employed in Guinness in Dublin and later Limerick. He exhibited in the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1933 - 34. He died in 1957, and is buried in the grounds of St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick. (1)