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Landscape painter, Portrait painter, copperplate engraver

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    • GEORGE MULLINS (fl 1756-1786) Lake Scene with a Rural Vernacular Building and a Group of Figures by a Bridge Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 91 cm Provenance : With Frost & Reed, Ltd., London, no. 8592; With Galería Moody, Buenos Aires, circa 1945; Mónic
      Oct. 18, 2022

      GEORGE MULLINS (fl 1756-1786) Lake Scene with a Rural Vernacular Building and a Group of Figures by a Bridge Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 91 cm Provenance : With Frost & Reed, Ltd., London, no. 8592; With Galería Moody, Buenos Aires, circa 1945; Mónic

      Est: €8,000 - €12,000

      GEORGE MULLINS (fl 1756-1786) Lake Scene with a Rural Vernacular Building and a Group of Figures by a Bridge Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 91 cm Provenance : With Frost & Reed, Ltd., London, no. 8592; With Galería Moody, Buenos Aires, circa 1945; Mónica Zajac de Dobry, Buenos Aires; Gorry Gallery, Dublin. George Mullins was a pupil of James Mannin (d.1779), the first Professor of landscape painting at the Dublin Society Schools. In 1763 Mullins was awarded a premium of ten guineas by the Dublin Society Schools for the 'best original landscape painted in oil'. Thereafter Mullins moved to Waterford where he worked in the Wyse manufactory as a painter of snuff-boxes. On his return to Dublin he married the proprietor of the Horseshoe and Magpie, an alehouse on the Temple Bar side of Dame Street. During this time, Thomas Roberts (1748-1777), who would become Ireland's leading landscape painter of the eighteenth century, was apprenticed to Mullins. Mullins exhibited with the Society of Artists in Dublin between 1765 and 1769. In this period the 1st Earl of Charlemont, one of Mullins's earliest patrons, commissioned four large classical landscapes for his home in Marino. The landscapes are now displayed on the walls of the State Reception Room at Áras an Uachtaráin. Like many Irish artists of his generation, Mullins moved to England in search of opportunity, living for a time in London with fellow Irish landscape painter, Robert Carver (c.1730-1791). Mullins exhibited with the Royal Academy between 1770 and 1775 with his work being admired by no less than Horace Walpole. The present fine landscape relates closely to another example in the collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery with which it shares a distinctive conical vernacular building.

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    • GEORGE MULLINS (1740 - 1775)
      Dec. 07, 2021

      GEORGE MULLINS (1740 - 1775)

      Est: €3,000 - €5,000

      Portrait of a Welsh Beggar Man Signed oil on canvas laid on wood Signed and Dated 1773 Exhibited: Royal Academy, London 1773, No. 367, titled Portrait of a beggar in Wales. George Mullins (1740 Ð 1775) George Mullins studied at the Dublin SocietyÕs Drawing School where he was a pupil of James Manning. Initially, he painted trays and snuffbox lids at Thomas WyseÕs Japan and Birmingham ware workshop in Waterford City where he also painted a portrait of the Wyse family. On his return to Dublin he married the owner of the Horseshoe and Magpie, a Temple Bar alehouse frequented by theatrical performers. Horace Walpole, the English art connoisseur, noted that MullinÕs wife was the sister of the Irish portrait painter Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739Ð1808). Throughout the period 1765-69 Mullins exhibited with the Society of Artists. The Dublin Society awarded him a premium in 1763 for Ôbest original landscape painted in oilÕ and again in 1768 for a history piece. The Earl of Charlemont, his earliest and most important patron, commissioned a set of four large classical landscapes for his house at Marino, Dublin. Representing the four times of day they now hang at çras an Uachtar‡in, the official residence of the President of Ireland. In 1770, Mullins moved to London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1770 until his presumed death in 1775 aged 35. Strickland writes his pictures Ôexcelled in tone and colourÕ and were Ômuch esteemed in his dayÕ. Mullins also worked as a sign painter. The celebrated landscape painter Thomas Roberts (1748 Ð 1778) was his pupil. The present picture can be compared stylistically and compositionally to the artistÕs Zeus, one of 15 cameo paintings on the panelled saloon ceiling at the Myddleton family Chirk Castle in North Wales. Indeed, in both, the physical resemblance of the sitter Ð facial expression, pose, and coiffure Ð is remarkably striking. So too, are the dates of execution (c. 1773) while the known locations Chirk Castle and Llangollen are less than 10 km. apart. Well-shod, well-dressed, and well-fleshed, MullinÕs Ôbeggar manÕ neatly fits the recorded ÔArcadian tastes entertained by one of the ladies of the [Myddelton] familyÕ. Acknowledgement: Ms. Louise Eslick, House Steward, Chirk Castle Collections: State Art Collection, Office of Public Works, Dublin; National Gallery of Ireland; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; BishopÕs Palace, Waterford. Literature; Strickland, Dictionary of Irish Painters; Crookshank and Glin, Painters of Ireland, Burlington Magazine, No.49, Vol.11, 1907 ed.

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    • GEORGE MULLINS, (fl. 1740-1775)
      Nov. 08, 2018

      GEORGE MULLINS, (fl. 1740-1775)

      Est: €10,000 - €15,000

      Portrait of a Welsh Beggar Man Signed oil on canvas laid on wood Dated 1773 George Mullins studied at the Dublin Society’s Drawing School where he was a pupil of James Manning. Initially, he painted trays and snuffbox lids at Thomas Wyse’s Japan and Birmingham ware workshop in Waterford City where he also painted a portrait of the Wyse family. On his return to Dublin he married the owner of the Horseshoe and Magpie, a Temple Bar alehouse frequented by theatrical performers. Horace Walpole, the English art connoisseur, noted that Mullin’s wife was the sister of the Irish portrait painter Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739–1808). Throughout the period 1765-69 Mullins exhibited with the Society of Artists. The Dublin Society awarded him a premium in 1763 for ‘best original landscape painted in oil’ and again in 1768 for a history piece. The Earl of Charlemont, his earliest and most important patron, commissioned a set of four large classical landscapes for his house at Marino, Dublin. Representing the four times of day they now hang at Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the President of Ireland. In 1770, Mullins moved to London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1770 until his presumed death in 1775 aged 35. Strickland writes his pictures ‘excelled in tone and colour’ and were ‘much esteemed in his day’. Mullins also worked as a sign painter. The celebrated landscape painter Thomas Roberts (1748 – 1778) was his pupil. The present picture can be compared stylistically and compositionally to the artist’s Zeus, one of 15 cameo paintings on the panelled saloon ceiling at the Myddleton family Chirk Castle in North Wales. Indeed, in both, the physical resemblance of the sitter – facial expression, pose, and coiffure – is remarkably striking. So too, are the dates of execution (c. 1773) while the known locations Chirk Castle and Llangollen are less than 10 km. apart. Well-shod, well-dressed, and well-fleshed, Mullin’s ‘beggar man’ neatly fits the recorded ‘Arcadian tastes entertained by one of the ladies of the [Myddelton] family’. Acknowledgement: Ms. Louise Eslick, House Steward, Chirk Castle Collections: State Art Collection, Office of Public Works, Dublin; National Gallery of Ireland; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bishop’s Palace, Waterford. Literature; Strickland, Dictionary of Irish Painters; Crookshank and Glin, Painters of Ireland, Burlington Magazine, No.49, Vol.11, 1907 ed.

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    • Attributed to George Mullins (act.1756-1775) British. Study of an Old Man, Seated in a Landscape, Oil on Canvas laid down, Signed and Dated 'AD 1772', Unframed, 26" x 20".
      Nov. 15, 2017

      Attributed to George Mullins (act.1756-1775) British. Study of an Old Man, Seated in a Landscape, Oil on Canvas laid down, Signed and Dated 'AD 1772', Unframed, 26" x 20".

      Est: £150 - £250

      Attributed to George Mullins (act.1756-1775) British. Study of an Old Man, Seated in a Landscape, Oil on Canvas laid down, Signed and Dated 'AD 1772', Unframed, 26" x 20".

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    • ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE MULLINS (IRISH, FL. 1763-65)
      Apr. 27, 2017

      ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE MULLINS (IRISH, FL. 1763-65)

      Est: €1,500 - €2,500

      A mountainous lake scene with drover and cattle Oil on canvas Enclosed in a gilt frame

      Sheppards
    • Circle of George Mullins [fl.1756-1790, Irish] An
      Jan. 30, 2013

      Circle of George Mullins [fl.1756-1790, Irish] An

      Est: £250 - £350

      Circle of George Mullins [fl.1756-1790, Irish] An upland river landscape, cattle watering in the foreground oil on canvas 29.5 x 38cm.

      Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
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