Sketch of a classical figure

dc.contributor.author	Forde, Samuel (Irish painter, 1805-1828)
dc.date.accessioned	2008-07-03T11:15:53Z
dc.date.available	2008-07-03T11:15:53Z
dc.date.issued	2008-07-03T11:15:53Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2262/17921
dc.description	An ambitious painter, Forde was born in Cork and exhibited his talent for art at an early age 'secluding himself with his favourite authors and filling sketch books with his drawings'. (Strickland, p373) In 1818 he began formal training at the Cork School of Art. He took to scene painting and worked as teacher, scenery painter at the Cork Theatre and decorative painter of houses. He began to realize his own visions of great poetic subjects such as, 'The Vision of Tragedy' and 'The Fall of the Rebel Angels' at about age 20 until his health failed him three years later. Inscribed on the present painting: 'Paul Veronese, Titian, Le Sueur, Julio Romans, Raffaelle, Mad. di Foligno'	en
dc.format.extent	498638 bytes
dc.format.medium	sepia (ink)	en
dc.format.mimetype	image/jpeg
dc.language.iso	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Sculpture, Classical	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Costume	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Art, Irish	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Drawing, Irish	en
dc.title	Sketch of a classical figure	en
dc.type	Image	en
dc.contributor.role	artist	en
dc.coverage.culture	Irish	en
dc.format.extentdimensions	31 x 19 cm
dc.subject.period	19th century
dc.type.work	painting	en

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Images of Irish art c.1600-c1940 donated by Prof. Anne Crookshank and Dr Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin

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