Arts and Crafts - 6th October 2020
Lot 139
‡Sophia Rosamond Praeger MBE (1867-1954) Fionnula the Daughter of Lir
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £600
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Description
‡Sophia Rosamond Praeger MBE (1867-1954)
Fionnula the Daughter of Lir, (Child with Swans)
a plaster panel, in oak frame
etched signature lower right,
31 x 19.5cm.
Provenance
Property of a Noblewoman.
Literature
Paul Larmour The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland, Friars Bush Press, page 112 this panel design illustrated. Praegar carved this design in Irish limestone for the Causeway School built near Bushmills Co. Antrim in 1915. Fionnula is depicted seated on a rock comforting her swan brothers.