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Norman Macnamara Morrow (1879-1917) THE PIKEMAN,

Norman Macnamara Morrow (1879-1917) THE PIKEMAN, 1904 signed and dated lower right; inscribed upper right watercolour, pen and ink 30 by 20cm., 11.7 5 by 8in. Belfast-born illustrator Norman Morrow was born into a family of artists: his brothers Albert, Edwin, George and Jack all studied art at the Government School in Belfast. He was an active member of the Ulster Literary Theatre, designing sets as well as acting and managing. He also showed with the Belfast Art Society in 1903 and '04, before moving to London. There he found employment producing illustrations for the Graphic and the Bystander, and also painted stage sets for the Chelsea Palace Theatre. Examples of his work can be found in the Ulster Museum, Belfast. (See Snoddy, p. 442).