Title on frame: ‘George Vincent of Erinagh, Co. Clare, 1786-1869.’
This three-quarter length portrait of George Vincent shows him turned to the viewer’s left. He wears a grey suit with a black cravat and is seated by a fireplace with a dark red wall in background. Vincent is depicted looking at the viewer.
Artist: Signed J.B. Brenan, 1859 (lower right). Probably James Butler Brenan who was born in Cork in 1826 and died there in 1889. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Hibernian Academy between 1843 and 1846. James Butler Brenan was the son of landscape artist John Brenan.
Oils on Canvas
c. 53 x 41 cm
Framed: 77 x 66 cm