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Artist: Robert Richard Scanlan (1801-1876) Title: The Stage Coach (1858) Signature: signed and dated 'R R Scanlon 1858' lower left Medium: oil on canvas Size: 30½ x 45.80cm (12 x 18in) Framed Size: 45.2 x 61.2cm (17.8 x 24.1in) Provenance: Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Several of Scanlons equestrian paintings, including two depicting horse dealing and another two showing car-driving scenes, were published as coloured engravings. The car-driving scenes were Drogheda to Dundalk and Donnybrook to Dublin. The oil painting The Stage Coach formed the basis for the Drogh... Read more Robert Richard Scanlan Lot 110 - 'The Stage Coach (1858)' Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000 Several of Scanlons equestrian paintings, including two depicting horse dealing and another two showing car-driving scenes, were published as coloured engravings. The car-driving scenes were Drogheda to Dundalk and Donnybrook to Dublin. The oil painting The Stage Coach formed the basis for the Drogheda to Dundalk print. The title is humorous, as the image in fact depicts a sidecar -essentially the same as a jaunting car- drawn by a white horse along a stony road, with the sea in the background. The car is driven by a driver dressed in a tall hat and oilskins; judging by the dark clouds in the background, rain is imminent. There is a single passenger, who is equally wrapped up against wind and rain; his luggage consists of two large sacks. Several of Scanlons equestrian paintings, including two depicting horse dealing and another two showing car-driving scenes, were published as coloured engravings. The car-driving scenes were Drogheda to Dundalk and Donnybrook to Dublin. The engraving of this painting was done by W. M. Morrison, and the resulting coloured print was published by Stark & Co., of Sackville Street, Dublin. A fashionable artist in Dublin in the 1820's, when he lived at 7 Burgh Quay, Robert Richard Scanlan was primarily a portraitist, who also painted dogs and equestrian scenes. He evidently had connections with Cork, as in 1828 he exhibited portraits of the Smith Barry family at the Society of Arts exhibition in that city. He afterwards moved to London, where he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1837 onwards. While in London, his portraits of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington and Sir Walter Scott in his Study were published as engravings. He remained in London until 1853 when he moved back to Ireland, having been appointed headmaster of the new Cork School of Design. Scanlan liked to depict people and vehicles in transit, and scenes of sport and recreation. His 1852 Emigrants on the Quayside is in the Crawford Art Gallery Cork, while his animated Two Figures Drinking, signed and dated 1836, was shown in the Gorry Gallery in 2005. While his earlier portraits are serious, as the years passed a vein of humour becomes increasingly obvious in his work. Peter Murray, September 2023