George Mounsey Atkinson

George Mounsey Atkinson (c.1830-1884) MIRIAM signed with initials lower right beneath the mount oil on canvas 39 by 29cm., 15.5 by 11.5in. George Mounsey Atkinson was the eldest son of the marine painter from Co. Cork, George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson, and brother of Richard Peterson, Robert and Sarah Atkinson, all of whom were also artists. However, of all George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson's children, the most outstanding artist was his namesake. George Mounsey, who for many years was Art Examiner at South Kensington, was also according to Walter Strickland "an ardent student of Irish archaeology", contributing papers to the Journal of the Royal Society of Irish Antiquaries, and also editing the Cork architect Richard Rolt Brash's Ogham Inscribed Monuments of Gaedhil, published in London in 1879. George Mounsey died at his home in West Brompton, London, in 1908. In biblical history Miriam is known as a prophetess and is traditionally believed to have composed a short victory song following the drowning of Pharaoh’s army in the Red Sea, “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; Horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.”

The Campaign in India. 1857-58. FromDrawings Made During the Eventful period of the Great Mutiny...illustrating the military operations before Delhi and itsneighbourhood, 26 tinted lithographed plates on 20 sheets(including title vignette), by W. Simson and others, foxing, sometears in margin, disbound [Abbey, Travel 486], folio, Day &Son, 1859

Attributed to George Mounsey Atkinson Jnr. (c. 1830 - 1908) "The Metal Man, Tramore, Co. Waterford, Coastal Scene with Figures and Goats on and near the Cliffs," O.O.C., 24 1/2" x 30" (62cms x 76cms). (1) SEE ILLUSTRATION.