Peter Rees
Director, Head of Sales
Lot 59†
John O'Connor(British, 1830-1889)A view in Vicenza
29 March 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,837.50 inc. premium
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John O'Connor (British, 1830-1889)
A view in Vicenza
oil on canvas laid onto board
81 x 15cm (31 7/8 x 5 7/8in).
oil on canvas laid onto board
81 x 15cm (31 7/8 x 5 7/8in).
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Provenance
Sale including the contents of 17 Grove End Road, Hampton & Sons, London, 11 June 1913.
With The Fine Art Society, London, as Village Steps.
The Irish News Collection (acquired from the above).
O'Connor was born in County Londonderry in 1830. Orphaned at the age of twelve he had, by 1848, found employment in London, first working at Drury Lane and then from 1863 as principal scene painter at The Haymarket Theatre. He was commissioned by Richard D'Oyly Carte to work on productions by Gilbert & Sullivan which proved very popular. He began exhibiting at the Society of British Artists in 1854 and The Royal Academy from 1857. He is best known for his panoramic views of London, including Ludgate, Evening, The Embankment from Somerset House and From Pentonville Road looking West, London, Evening painted in 1884 (Museum of London).
O'Connor travelled extensively and this small view of Vicenza relates to a larger composition and is one of a number of views that he painted in the North Eastern Italian city. By 1887, he was living in Abercorn Place, St John's Wood, just a few minutes' walk from Grove End Road.
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