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MARY GEORGINA BARTON SWA (1861 - 1949)
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Description
Title: Mount Ararat (1905)
Medium: Watercolour
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Provenance: Private Collection
Framed
Lot Description: A finely observed watercolour by Irish artist Mary Georgina Barton, titled Mount Ararat. The composition captures the vast scale and majestic stillness of the famous peak, with layered ridges receding into the distance under a sky of soft clouds. Sparse trees in the foreground add a sense of height and isolation, enhancing the grandeur of the mountainous terrain. Executed with delicate precision and a refined tonal palette. Mounted and framed under glass.
Image size: 50 x 35 cm.; framed: 72 x 56 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 20:48:20
Biography
MARY GEORGINA BARTON SWA (1861 - 1949)
Mary Georgina Barton was an accomplished Irish landscape painter, especially noted for her work in watercolour. A cousin of the artist George Frederic Watts, she travelled extensively and exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal Academy. Her works are admired for their clarity, atmospheric quality, and sensitivity to topographical detail.
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Title: Mount Ararat (1905)
Medium: Watercolour
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Provenance: Private Collection
Framed
Lot Description: A finely observed watercolour by Irish artist Mary Georgina Barton, titled Mount Ararat. The composition captures the vast scale and majestic stillness of the famous peak, with layered ridges receding into the distance under a sky of soft clouds. Sparse trees in the foreground add a sense of height and isolation, enhancing the grandeur of the mountainous terrain. Executed with delicate precision and a refined tonal palette. Mounted and framed under glass.
Image size: 50 x 35 cm.; framed: 72 x 56 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Tuesday 16th September 2025 20:48:20
Biography
MARY GEORGINA BARTON SWA (1861 - 1949)
Mary Georgina Barton was an accomplished Irish landscape painter, especially noted for her work in watercolour. A cousin of the artist George Frederic Watts, she travelled extensively and exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal Academy. Her works are admired for their clarity, atmospheric quality, and sensitivity to topographical detail.
IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 16th September
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Lots: 1-263
Venue Address
The Square
Durrow
Co. Laois
R32 FN88
Ireland
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Sheppard’s are pleased to present this auction of Important Irish Art. The sale includes major works of art by Daniel O’Neill, Willliam Ashford, Frank McKelvey, Grace Henry, Sean Keating, Sean McSweeney, James Humbert Craig, Sir William Orpen, Gerard Dillon, Augustus Burke, Harry Kernoff, Paul Sandby, John Henry Foley, Peter Curling, Graham Knuttel, Donald Teskey, Jean Dufy, John Behan, Rory Breslin, Siobhan Bulfin and many more.
