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Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh drawing
« on: Sunday 03 December 23 10:43 GMT (UK) »
I'm wondering who drew this picture of Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh (used as a frontispiece on his cousin's biography of him - Boase; Sarah L. Steele, The Right Honourable Arthur Macmorrough Kavanagh (1891) - and perhaps the scrawled caption may give some clue. The book's on archive.org if the required small image doesn't work.

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Re: Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh drawing
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 03 December 23 11:16 GMT (UK) »
I'm also wondering if Colonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh GCVO was his grandson.

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Re: Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh drawing
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 03 December 23 11:29 GMT (UK) »
The inscription doesn't help as it just says "Believe me [yours] very truly" then the signature.

The artist has signed it near the lapel.

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Re: Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh drawing
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 03 December 23 11:38 GMT (UK) »
Researching among others:
Bartle, Bilton, Bingley, Campbell, Craven, Emmott, Harcourt, Hirst, Kellet(t), Kennedy,
Meaburn, Mennile/Meynell, Metcalf(e), Palliser, Robinson, Rutter, Shipley, Stow, Wilkinson

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Re: Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh drawing
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 03 December 23 11:53 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: GR2 on Sunday 03 December 23 11:29 GMT (UK)
The inscription doesn't help as it just says "Believe me [yours] very truly" then the signature.

The artist has signed it near the lapel.

Ah, too faint to read!

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Re: Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh drawing
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 03 December 23 13:54 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Abhanliath on Sunday 03 December 23 11:53 GMT (UK)
Quote from: GR2 on Sunday 03 December 23 11:29 GMT (UK)
The inscription doesn't help as it just says "Believe me [yours] very truly" then the signature.

The artist has signed it near the lapel.

Ah, too faint to read!

Blowing up the image from the copy of the book at archive.org, I thought it might be Godfrey, with a less legible forename.

On doing an image search I found the same portrait at the BBC, attributed to Carlow County Library. Might they be able to help?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20592861
Researching among others:
Bartle, Bilton, Bingley, Campbell, Craven, Emmott, Harcourt, Hirst, Kellet(t), Kennedy,
Meaburn, Mennile/Meynell, Metcalf(e), Palliser, Robinson, Rutter, Shipley, Stow, Wilkinson

Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh drawing
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 03 December 23 16:39 GMT (UK) »
Ah, I wondered if it might be Frederic Burton… but probably not.

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Re: Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh drawing
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 03 December 23 17:22 GMT (UK) »
It would be nice if it was, though there's always the possibility that Godfrey (if that's what it says) was the engraver or printmaker rather than the original artist. I did find a John Godfrey of the right period, although the examples that I checked had his name shown in a very different style:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG180854

(Click Related Objects for examples of his work)
Researching among others:
Bartle, Bilton, Bingley, Campbell, Craven, Emmott, Harcourt, Hirst, Kellet(t), Kennedy,
Meaburn, Mennile/Meynell, Metcalf(e), Palliser, Robinson, Rutter, Shipley, Stow, Wilkinson

Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh drawing
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 03 December 23 17:28 GMT (UK) »
Not sure it was Burton's style. Here's his picture of George Eliot for comparison.
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