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![O'Driscoll (Stephen) Cork (c. 1825 - 1895)
[Silhouettes of late 19th Century Cork personalities]
A collection of 18 original](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/86d93090-35d4-46ad-8827-abe900a7b8a5/14833eb3-bf63-44cc-b042-abec010b22da/468x382.jpg)
Lot 458
O'Driscoll (Stephen) Cork (c. 1825 - 1895) [Silhouettes of late 19th Century Cork personalities] A collection of 18 original silhouette caricatures mounted on cardboard by the Cork City artist Stephen O'Driscoll (c 1825-1895), highlighting local celebrities and events. Nearly all are captioned and some have pencilled notes identifying individuals. Dimensions generally about 31.5 x 25.5 cm. O'Driscoll worked as a lithographer in Pembroke St. Cork, but also churned out silhouettes of local personalities, from bishops to beggars, which sold well in the print-shops. The Crawford Art Gallery has a collection of his work, including his large picture "Assembly of Citizens in front of Commercial Buildings, South Mall", which includes hundreds of figures. The collection offered here comprises the following: · "'The Power of Love.' Magistrates meeting on the gangway." A gentleman disembarking from a vessel of the River Steamers Company raises his hat to a top-hatted gent, while holding a bottle of Old Malt in his other hand. He exclaims: "Hold on I'll be in the swim if you don't look out." The other says: "Haul in the gangway." · "The Power of Love. On the stage [left]. Off the stage [right]." The same gent raises his hat to another man, while holding a bottle labelled "Delicious" and exclaiming: "Richard is himself again. Hurrah for the North Centre Ward." · "Faugh a balla." A top-hatted man raises a shillelagh and trails his coat in front of a magistrate who is reading out the Proclamation of the Crimes Act, backed up by policemen. Endorsed "[ ] and Dr Tanner." · "Hospital Saturday." 1891. A man holds out a hat, while another gent seated on a bench throws coins into a box. · "Cork Butter Merchants." Two gents and a dog. One reads a pamphlet titled "The Queen's Jubilee." · A prosperous gent heads into the bank carrying a huge bag of cash. Behind him, a workman laboriously carries casks. Endorsed: "Sir John Arnott". 22 x 26 cm. · "The cup that cheers but not inebriates." Two gents drink tea. One exclaims "Our three shilling tea" and the other replies "No better". 1886. Endorsed: "B.J. Alcock." · "An alternative policy for Ireland." 1886. Two gents discuss a pamphlet. Endorsed: Sir John Arnott. Dr Cummins. · "Laying down the law." May 1889. Two gents: one reads out a statute of George III; the other has a pamphlet sticking out of his pocket labelled "Bill of costs warrant." · Two gents and a dog survey Blarney Castle. Endorsed: "Recreation. Sir Geo. Colthurst." · "First in the field." Lady on horseback. Blarney Castle in background. May 1889. Endorsed: Laying down the law. · "Horse Insurance Company. Capture of a runaway." A gent captioned "Manager" captures a runaway horse. A warrant sticks out of his pocket. · "[ ] to one on Bismarck." Bismarck is being lectured by a gent. Endorsed: Dr Ashe. · "Sketch on the South Mall. A Jubilee offering." A prosperous gent gives a coin to a legless man on a trolley. Endorsed: Dr O'Callaghan. · "Taste and Quality. Cork Butter Market." Discussion between a gent in a bowler hat and another in Turkish costume. · "The Bachelors' Jubilee. A chance meeting. Distraction. Attraction." A ponderous gent studies his programme for "The Bachelors' Jubilee Ball", watched by a lady dressed in pink. · "Cruelty to animals. Found drowned." A constable shows to a gent a dead dog with its legs tied. Another live dog at their feet. [Cork] Harbour in background. Endorsed: "M.P. Bolster and the drowned dog. (3 doors from Alcock's)." · "Constitutional difference." Two men discuss a copy of the Cork Constitution newspaper. Endorsed: [ ]. Paul Madden. 1886. The personalities caricatured include: · B.J. Alcock, grocer, 75 Patrick St. · Sir John Arnott (1814-1898), brewer at Fitton St. and 91 South Mall; entrepreneur, politician, philanthropist … · Charles K.D. Tanner, M.D., Lapps Quay (1849-1901), Nationalist MP for Mid-Cork, twice imprisoned under the Coercion Act in 1888 · William J. Cummins, M.D., 11 South Mall · Matthew P. Bolster, grocer, 79 Patrick St. · Edward G. Ashe, vet, 36 Georges St. · Paul Madden, grocer and wine merchant, Bridge St. · Richard O'Callaghan, M.D., 40 South Mall · Sir George St John Colthurst, 6th Bart (1850-1925), succeeded father 1878, married Edith Jane Thomasina née Morris. A highly important collection. As manuscripts, w.a.f. (1)
Lot 597
Australian Coins: A 2010 Ned Kelly gold Coin (encased) with certificate; a 1992 Ten Dollar silver Proof Coin (Northern Territory) boxed; a 1943 3 Pence silver Coin; a 2013 silver $2 Year of the Snake Coin (encased); a 2004 1oz, 1 dollar silver Coin, (Kookaburra) encased; a 2016 1oz 1 dollar silver Coin (Kangaroo) encased; a 2018 1oz, 1 dollar silver Coin (Koala) encased. As a collection, good examples. (7).
Lot 599
A large Collection of Irish Commemorative Coins Coins: Central Bank and Financial Service Authority of Ireland Euro System; an impressive Collection of over 50 cased Presentation Collectors' Coins with certificate and original boxes, some with gold tokens including - The Ploughman, Celtic Coin, John F. Kennedy, 10th Anniversary of the Proclamation, Phil Lynott, Rory Gallagher, W.B. Yeats, and many other characters and events in Irish History. An impressive and comprehensive collection, as a lot. w.a.f. (1)
Lot 602
International Coins: A cased proof Set of silver 'Settlement of Iceland' Coins; three Vatican silver proof cased Coins; 1oz. silver 500 … American Coin; J. Stalin, Czechoslovakian Coin; various silver Austrian coins; 1974 $1 silver Samoa Coin; Panama silver Coin and others, as a lot , w.a.f. (1)
Lot 605
American Coins: A group of four Coin Collectors Folders, including silver Half Dollars 1964 (J.F.K.), full; a folder 1964/1965/1966/1967/1968/1969/1970 and 2000 (J.F.K.), full; and another with variant silver Half Dollars 1898-1964 (full); and a folder of Quarters (lacks 2) various dates, as a lot, w.a.f. (4)
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