Lot 75: Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) THE COURTYARD, FRIAR'S HILL signed in monogram lower left; original exhibition label on reverse inscribed with

Lilian Lucy Davidson ARHA (1893-1954) THE COURTYARD, FRIAR'S HILL signed in monogram lower left; original exhibition label on reverse inscribed with title and price gouache on buff-coloured card 37 by 25cm., 14.5 by 10in. Provenance: Dermod O'Brien PRHA; By descent to Dr Brendan O'Brien; Private collection Exhibited: WCSI, 1940, catalogue no 131 WCSI, 1954, catalogue no. 38, lent by Dr Brendan O'Brien in memory of the artist Friar's Hill is a townland near Wicklow harbour, where Davisdson painted some of her best-known works . After her father's death, Lilian Lucy Davidson moved to Dublin, but would occasionally return to her home town Wicklow and to Arklow to paint. When doing so she would stay at "Major Grimshaw's house, Friar's Hill, where he kept paying guests" (Irish Arts Review, 1999). The present work depicts the courtyard of Major Grimshaw's house.