First sketch of the Wicklow girl (illustrated); A vendor of Faulkner's Journal; and Mother, thin child, fat cat

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John Nixon (1750-1818)
First sketch of the Wicklow girl (illustrated); A vendor of Faulkner's Journal; and Mother, thin child, fat cat
the first signed and dated 'J Nixon fect 1757' (lower right in the margin) and inscribed 'first Sketch of the Wicklow Girl/finished for Mrs ONeil. Shanes Castle' (lower centre) and numbered '49' twice (upper centre and upper right), the second signed with initials and dated 'JN: 1785' (lower right) and inscribed 'A vendor of Faulkners Journals Plays & c. Dublin' (lower centre) and numbered '6' (upper centre), the third signed with initials and dated 'JN. 1785' (lower right) and numbered '116' (upper centre)
pencil, black ink and watercolour, one feigned oval, unframed
10¼ x 7¾ in. (26 x 19.6 cm.); and smaller (3)

Provenance

with Green's Antiques, Dublin, where purchased by the present owners.

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Lot Essay

The earliest Irish newspapers were published towards the close of the seventeenth century, however, it was not until the mid-eighteenth century that they began to to carry information about local births, deaths and marriages. Faulkner's Dublin Journal was founded in 1725 and continued until 1825 when it was incorporated into the Irish times.

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