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A figure of Henry Joy McCracken
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A figure of Henry Joy McCracken

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A figure of Henry Joy McCracken
possibly Sampson Smith, typically modelled standing, his left hand resting on a pedestal, sparsely coloured and gilt, on oval base, titled in gilt, circa 1889 (minor wear) -- 36cm. high
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Lot Essay

Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures Of The Victorian Era (1970), p. B196, fig. 52. McCracken was an Irish Nationalist and member of the 'United Irishmen' involved in organising a French invasion of Ireland in the late 1790's. The plot was betrayed and Tone was executed as a traitor.

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