Edith Oenone Somerville
Edith Somerville was an Irish novelist, illustrator and painter. She wrote in collaboration with her cousin Violet Martin pseudonymously as "Somerville and Ross", having 14 works published. Somerville studied art at Académie Délécluse and Colarossi in Paris and at the Westminster School of Art. whytes.ie Somerville went to paint at the Etaples art colony, in 1898, accompanied by Violet Martin. There they also conceived of the stories that became Some Experiences of an Irish R. M., completed the following year. She exhibited her pictures in Dublin and in London between 1920 and 1938, and an illustrator of sporting picture books and children's picture books.
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'TORRY BAY, COUNTY DONEGAL'
- Price Realised: €3,200
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- oil on canvas
- 46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
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'EAST WIND, 1927'
- Price Realised: €2,800
- Sale: 29 September 2008
- oil on panel
- 24 by 39cm., 9.5 by 15.2 5in.
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'SEASCAPE'
- Price Realised: €2,000
- Sale: 25 April 2006
- signed lower right
- 33 by 51cm., 13 by 20in.
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'Slipper's ABC of Fox Hunting'
- Price Realised: €1,600
- Sale: 12 June 2005
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'ON THE KINNEAGH RIVER'
- Price Realised: €1,333
- Sale: 09 October 2001
- oil on canvas board
- 18 by 25cm., 7 by 10in.
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'WOMAN ASLEEP IN A CHAIR, THOUGHT TO BE VIOLET MARTIN'
- Price Realised: €1,300
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- pencil on paper
- 15 by 23cm., 5.75 by 9.25in.
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'HILLSIDE LANDSCAPE WITH SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS BEYOND'
- Price Realised: €1,050
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- oil on board
- 30 by 40cm., 12 by 15.7 5in.
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'Slippers ABC of Fox Hunting, written and illustrated by Edith Somerville'
- Price Realised: €1,000
- Sale: 09 December 2006
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'HUNTING SCENES (SET OF 4)'
- Price Realised: €1,000
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- pencil on buff-coloured paper
- 9 by 13cm., 3.5 by 5.25in.
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'SUNSET, MIST AND MOUNTAINS, c. 1927'
- Price Realised: €950
- Sale: 02 December 2019
- oil on canvas
- 12 x 17in. (30.48 x 43.18cm)
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'THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT'
- Price Realised: €950
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- black crayon and pastel on tinted paper
- 28 by 38cm., 11 by 15in.
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'A WOMAN STANDING BY A WINDOW and LANDSCAPE WITH QUAYSIDE BUILDING AND BOATS (2)'
- Price Realised: €950
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- pencil and wash (1); the pencil and charcoal (2)
- 36 by 22cm., 14 by 8.5in.
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'AN ARTIST SEATED AT HER EASEL'
- Price Realised: €950
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- pencil on paper
- 22 by 14cm., 8.75 by 5.5in.
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'MAN SEATED WITH ARMS FOLDED ACROSS HIS CHEST and MAN SEATED AT A ROLL-TOP DESK (2)'
- Price Realised: €850
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- charcoal on paper and pencil on paper respectively
- 18 by 18cm., 7 by 7in.
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'MRS BLAKE OF RENVYLE and STUDY OF A GENTLEMAN (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: €800
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- pencil on paper
- 23 by 14cm., 9 by 5.5in.
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'A PATRICK'S DAY HUNT - SET OF EIGHT FRAMED PRINTS'
- Price Realised: €780
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- eight chromolithographs individually framed
- 18 by 25cm., 7 by 10in.
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'Slippers ABC of Fox Hunting, written and illustrated by Edith Somerville'
- Price Realised: €750
- Sale: 09 December 2006
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'THE CORRIGEENS'
- Price Realised: €580
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- oil on board
- 8 x 10in. (20.32 x 25.40cm)
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'CAT ISLAND, WEST CORK'
- Price Realised: €500
- Sale: 25 May 2020
- watercolour
- 5¾ x 9in. (14.61 x 22.86cm)
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'SLIPPER'S ABC OF FOX HUNTING'
- Price Realised: €500
- Sale: 15 December 2007
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'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE ¦ ETAPLES and PROOF FOR DUST-JACKET OF HAPPY DAYS! (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: €500
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- pencil, pen and ink with watercolour
- 19 by 15cm., 7.5 by 5.75in.
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'SLEEPING INFANT WITH MOTHER AND CHILD KEEPING WATCH'
- Price Realised: €500
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- pencil on tinted paper (two sheets joined as one)
- 15 by 47cm., 6 by 18.5in.
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'SKETCHES FOR ALL ON THE IRISH SHORE and four others (SET OF FIVE)'
- Price Realised: €450
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- pencil on ruled graph paper
- 20 by 17cm., 8 by 6.5in.
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'STARTLED GENTLEMAN IN A TOP HAT and TWO PAGES OF CHARACTER SKETCHES (SET OF THREE)'
- Price Realised: €300
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- pencil on paper
- 20 by 16cm., 7.75 by 6.25in.
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'A PONYTRAP MISHAP (SERIES OF THREE SKETCHES)'
- Price Realised: €260
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- pencil on ruled graph paper
- 17 by 22cm., 6.5 by 8.5in.
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'PORTRAIT SKETCH OF ADRIAN STOKES AT CARDS and A PAGE OF CHARACTER SKETCHES (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: €200
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- pencil on paper
- 15 by 23cm., 5.75 by 9in.
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'WOMAN SAYING A TEARFUL FAREWELL and AN OLD WOMAN CURTSEYING TO A MAN (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: €160
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- pencil on tinted paper and on buff paper respectively
- 29 by 20cm., 11.5 by 8in.
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'AN ACTOR DRESSED AS A SOLDIER and two others (SET OF THREE)'
- Price Realised: €150
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- pencil on paper
- 9 by 14cm., 3.5 by 5.5in.