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    • Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) GOLFER AT LAHINCH, COUNTY CLARE, 1896
      Nov. 28, 2022

      Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) GOLFER AT LAHINCH, COUNTY CLARE, 1896

      Est: €1,500 - €2,000

      Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) GOLFER AT LAHINCH, COUNTY CLARE, 1896 watercolour signed and dated lower left h:14  w:10 in.

      Whyte's
    • Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904) A Mischievous Postman Oil on canvas, 35 x 29.5cms (13.75 x 11.75) Signed with initials
      Sep. 28, 2022

      Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904) A Mischievous Postman Oil on canvas, 35 x 29.5cms (13.75 x 11.75) Signed with initials

      Est: €800 - €1,200

      Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904) A Mischievous Postman Oil on canvas, 35 x 29.5cms (13.75 x 11.75) Signed with initials

      Adam's
    • Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) AN UNWELCOME CALLER, 1868
      Dec. 07, 2020

      Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) AN UNWELCOME CALLER, 1868

      Est: €3,000 - €5,000

      signed and dated lower right

      Whyte's
    • Attributed to Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) GENTLEMAN SEALING A LETTER, c.1860-1870s
      Oct. 19, 2020

      Attributed to Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) GENTLEMAN SEALING A LETTER, c.1860-1870s

      Est: €1,000 - €1,500

      with monogram "19N11" and dated lower right; titled and dated on reverse

      Whyte's
    • RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL (British 1827-1904) A PAINTING, "At the Village Fair,"
      Oct. 06, 2018

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL (British 1827-1904) A PAINTING, "At the Village Fair,"

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL (British 1827-1904) A PAINTING, "At the Village Fair," oil on canvas, dated 1876 and signed L/R. 30 1/2" x 50 1/4"

      Simpson Galleries, LLC
    • RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL (1827-1904)An Unwelcome CallerOil on canvas, 61 x 51cm Signed and dated 1868
      Apr. 15, 2018

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL (1827-1904)An Unwelcome CallerOil on canvas, 61 x 51cm Signed and dated 1868

      Est: €3,000 - €5,000

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL (1827-1904)An Unwelcome CallerOil on canvas, 61 x 51cm Signed and dated 1868

      Adam's
    • Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904)A Mischievous PostmanOil on canvas
      Sep. 30, 2015

      Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904)A Mischievous PostmanOil on canvas

      Est: €800 - €1,200

      Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904)A Mischievous PostmanOil on canvas, 35 x 29.5cms (13.75 x 11.75)Signed with initials Provenance: Purchased in 2000 at Drums Auctioneers by current owner. Painting featured in an Irish Times Article as a highlight of the sale on Saturday 10th October 2000.

      Adam's
    • Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) READING THE NEWS, 1871
      Feb. 23, 2015

      Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) READING THE NEWS, 1871

      Est: €8,000 - €10,000

      Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) READING THE NEWS, 1871 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left; inscribed with marking and numbered [50] upper left h:24  w:36 in. Provenance: Tennants, North Yorkshire, 15 May 1992, lot 407; Where purchased by the previous owner; From whom acquired by the present owner An accomplished figure painter in oil and watercolour, Richard Staunton Cahill was born in County Clare. Having trained at the Royal Hibernian Academy School in 1850, he exhibited there from 1851 until 1900. Research shows he painted in Clare and Galway, concentrating on genre subjects such as The Irish Peasant Boy (1853), The Spinning Wheel (1879) and An Impending Eviction (1888). He exhibited from the early 1850s at London's The Royal Academy, and when living in London, at Royal Society of British Artists and the New Watercolour Society and elsewhere in English galleries. His detailed, sympathetic paintings form useful historical sources for authentic furnishings and clothing. Cahill's group is gathered in an Irish cabin to listen to news read from the newspaper. The post famine years saw a huge increase in publication of provincial newspapers, from 68 in 1850, to 127 by 1880. This growth went hand in hand with the establishment of National schools, improved rates of literacy in English, and the expansion of the railways, facilitating inexpensive distribution. Newspaper editors were often highly politicised, encouraging the rise and spread of nationalism through the printed word. People often shared newspapers and the resulting debates had previously been depicted by other artists. Initially John Boyne's The County Chronicle shows a paper being read aloud in a pub (1806). Then famous Scots artist David Wilkie produced The Village Politicians (1913), popularised through engravings (and stylistically influential here). Another lively Irish portrayal of the subject was by Henry MacManus (c.1810-78) whose oil Reading the Nation features the weekly paper 'The Nation', which was overtly political. By the late 19th Century, artists were addressing political issues more frequently through their paintings. Subsequent to Cahill's version of this subject, other artists included similar imagery to draw attention to Ireland's evolving Nationalist movement. Most notable is Howard Helmick's Reading the News: Proclamation of the Land League (1881, National Gallery of Ireland). This setting suggests a small farmhouse, with its flagged floor and comparatively well-dressed, well fed, comfortable inhabitants. The men on the left are close to the open half door, which allowed light yet restricted the movement of animals and children. The neatly made form that they sit on, bears Cahill's distinctive signature and date. The young mother on the right sits on a stake-legged stool beside her treadle spinning wheel, an improved type introduced for flax production, used predominantly in northern counties. Her head is covered, indicating her married status, and the boy listening attentively in the centre wears green, a colour symbolic of Fenianism, as wearing green had been outlawed by the ruling British in the late 17th Century. Young boys were traditionally dressed as girls, in skirts. There were various reasons, including a superstition that if dressed as girls they were less likely to be taken by the fairies, but also following similar European aristocratic fashions, as well as for reasons of practical hygiene. In the right corner is a red painted chest, upon which rests a rush light holder, and a plate propped up, as was customary, for display. The significance of the prominently placed initials and the drawing on the wall to the left is uncertain. However, 1850 was the year of The Reform Act, which increased the electorate, and helped build a newly political nation. The juxtaposing of the male figures, with the older men sitting passively, the young man standing (with his green hat band), and the child centrally placed representing the future, suggests an active stance towards a nationalist future, which by the time this was painted in 1871, had started to become a reality. The size and quality of the present work would suggest it may have been painted for exhibition. While no record has yet been found in exhibitors' indexes for the present title, Reading the News, an example by the artist shown at the 'Irish Exhibition in London' in 1888 entitled Thoughts of the Future [catalogue no.99, £10] would be an equally fitting name for the present work. Thoughts of the Future was lent by the artist to the London exhibition. Claudia Kinmonth MA(RCA) PhD Moore Institute Visiting Research Fellow NUIG January, 2015 References: C. Kinmonth Irish Rural Interiors in Art (Yale University Press, 2006), figs. 85 & 130, pp.89-90. B. Rooney ed., A time and a Place, Two centuries of Irish Social Life (catalogue for Exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland, Oct 2006-Jan 2007), pp.128-131, figs 67-8. Kevin O'Neill, 'Reading Pictures: Reading Aloud in Rural Irish Society' & Andrew Kuhn 'Painting Print: Reading in the Irish Cabin' in V. Krielkamp ed., Rural Ireland, The Inside Story (catalogue for exhibition at McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College), pp.67-80.

      Whyte's
    • Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) A LECTURE ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, COCKERMOUTH, CUMBRIA, 1888
      May. 26, 2014

      Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1904) A LECTURE ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, COCKERMOUTH, CUMBRIA, 1888

      Est: €1,500 - €2,000

      signed and dated lower left

      Whyte's
    • Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1902) PORTRAIT OF A FOUNDER MEMBER OF LAHINCH GOLF CLUB, 1896
      Jan. 26, 2013

      Richard Staunton Cahill (1826-1902) PORTRAIT OF A FOUNDER MEMBER OF LAHINCH GOLF CLUB, 1896

      Est: €1,500 - €1,800

      signed and dated lower left; inscribed in a later hand on the reverse

      Whyte's
    • RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL (1826-1904) Haystacks off the Coast of Clare with Castle Ruins Watercolour
      Mar. 28, 2012

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL (1826-1904) Haystacks off the Coast of Clare with Castle Ruins Watercolour

      Est: €400 - €600

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL (1826-1904) Haystacks off the Coast of Clare with Castle Ruins Watercolour, 21.5 x 33.5cms (8.5 x 13.25") Signed and dated 1892

      Adam's
    • Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904) A
      Sep. 28, 2011

      Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904) A

      Est: €1,000 - €1,500

      Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904) A Mischievous Postman Oil on canvas, 35 x 29.5cms (13.75 x 11.75") Signed with initials Provenance: Purchased in 2000 at Drums Auctioneers by current owner. Painting featured in an Irish Times Article as a highlight of the sale on Saturday 10th October 2000.

      Adam's
    • Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904) Day
      Dec. 06, 2010

      Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904) Day

      Est: €5,000 - €8,000

      Richard Staunton Cahill (c.1827-1904) Day Dreaming; The Love Letter Oil on canvas, a pair, 44.5 x 35.5cm each (17.5 x 14") Each signed with monogram and dated 1863 (2) Exhibited: "Auntumn Exhibition", The Frederick Gallery, November 2000, catalogue no. 16 & 17, where purchased by the current vendor. Staunton Cahill entered the RHA schools in 1850 and began exhibiting at the RHA a year later and continued to send works there until 1886. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, London 1853-5 and also at the British Institution and the Society of British Artists. Twelve of his works were included in the Irish Exhibition in London in 1888. For several years he was involved with the School of Art in Nottingham, England.

      Adam's
    • Richard Staunton Cahill British (c. 1827-1904)
      Apr. 14, 2010

      Richard Staunton Cahill British (c. 1827-1904)

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      Richard Staunton Cahill British (c. 1827-1904) THE BARON'S PAGE oil on panel signed 8 5/8 x 5 in.

      Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
    • Richard Staunton Cahill, (1826-1904) A SMALL WAGER, 1860 signed and dated lower right oil on canvas 46 by 36cm., 18 by 14in. Provenance: Sotheby's,
      Sep. 19, 2006

      Richard Staunton Cahill, (1826-1904) A SMALL WAGER, 1860 signed and dated lower right oil on canvas 46 by 36cm., 18 by 14in. Provenance: Sotheby's,

      Est: €3,000 - €5,000

      Richard Staunton Cahill, (1826-1904) A SMALL WAGER, 1860 signed and dated lower right oil on canvas 46 by 36cm., 18 by 14in. Provenance: Sotheby's, Belgravia, 10 March 1981, lot 225 (illustrated in catalogue); Private collection, Dublin Exhibited: Literature: Notes: Born in Co. Clare, the eldest child of Charles Staunton Cahill JP, Richard S. Cahill entered the Royal Hibernian Academy's school in 1850 The next year he began exhibiting at the RHA, showing a further two dozen works there in the following years, the last in 1900. Strickland records he moved to London in 1853, but records of the societies with which he exhibited, including the RA and the RBA, reveal a peripatetic existence, teaching for a period at Nottingham School of Art and changing studios frequently. The titles of his paintings also reveal visits home to his family in Clare and Galway, eg. Leaving a Country Chapel, West of Ireland (RHA 1881), A Galway Boy (RBA 1865), and On the Golf Links at Lahinch (RHA 1896). He died 7 July 1904.

      Whyte's
    • Richard Staunton Cahill, (1826-1904) FARMHAND and AN UILLEANN PIPER, 1877 (A PAIR) each signed lower right; the latter also dated lower right
      Sep. 19, 2006

      Richard Staunton Cahill, (1826-1904) FARMHAND and AN UILLEANN PIPER, 1877 (A PAIR) each signed lower right; the latter also dated lower right

      Est: €3,000 - €4,000

      Richard Staunton Cahill, (1826-1904) FARMHAND and AN UILLEANN PIPER, 1877 (A PAIR) each signed lower right; the latter also dated lower right watercolour over pencil on paper 36 by 23cm., 14 by 9in. Provenance: James Adam Salerooms, Dublin, 13 December 2000, lot 161; Private collection Exhibited: Literature: Notes:The second work may relate to Cahill's exhibit 'Peter the Piper' at the 1888 Irish Exhibition in London.

      Whyte's
    • RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL, 'The Lesson - Cottage Interior with Girl Reading', watercolour, 19cm x 23cm, signed and dated 1867, framed.
      Aug. 14, 2005

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL, 'The Lesson - Cottage Interior with Girl Reading', watercolour, 19cm x 23cm, signed and dated 1867, framed.

      Est: £60 - £120

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL, 'The Lesson - Cottage Interior with Girl Reading', watercolour, 19cm x 23cm, signed and dated 1867, framed.

      Lots Road Auctions
    • RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL, 'The Lesson - Cottage Interior with Girl Reading', watercolour, 19cm x 23cm, signed and dated 1867, framed.
      Jul. 10, 2005

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL, 'The Lesson - Cottage Interior with Girl Reading', watercolour, 19cm x 23cm, signed and dated 1867, framed.

      Est: £150 - £250

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL, 'The Lesson - Cottage Interior with Girl Reading', watercolour, 19cm x 23cm, signed and dated 1867, framed.

      Lots Road Auctions
    • RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL, 'The Lesson - Cottage Interior with Girl Reading', watercolour, 19cm x 23cm, signed and dated 1867, framed.
      Jun. 12, 2005

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL, 'The Lesson - Cottage Interior with Girl Reading', watercolour, 19cm x 23cm, signed and dated 1867, framed.

      Est: £250 - £450

      RICHARD STAUNTON CAHILL, 'The Lesson - Cottage Interior with Girl Reading', watercolour, 19cm x 23cm, signed and dated 1867, framed.

      Lots Road Auctions
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