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| Partner: |
Museum of London (MOL) |
| Reference: |
52.87
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| Title: |
From Pentonville Road looking west: evening |
| Description: |
An oil painting entitled ‘From Pentonville Road looking west: evening’ painted by Irish artist John O’Connor. The picture shows St. Pancras Hotel and Station from a hill, which leads down from Angel, Islington. Turning on the left is Penton Rise. A Welsh Congregational Church is on the left and St. James's Church is on the right. In the distance is the dome of the University College and St. Pancras church tower. Figures include a policeman, a postman and sandwich-board men. Hansom cabs, a hay-cart and horse-drawn buses and trams are shown in the road. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1884 and the Royal Hibernian Academy in1885. John O’Connor was born in Londonderry, Ireland in 1830. He is best known as a topographical and scene painter. He was orphaned at the age of 12. He first earned a living assisting in scene painting and acting as a call-boy at the Belfast theatre. He joined a travelling company in 1845 and moved to London in 1848 where he obtained work at the Drury Lane Theatre and became principle scene painter at the Haymarket Theatre in 1863. O’Connor made his first trip to the continent in 1855 and this and subsequent visits provided him with inspiration. In 1827 he took a studio in Sir Joshua Reynold's old house, which became a meeting place of the distinguished theatrical and artistic figures of the day. In 1878 he resigned from his work at the Haymarket to devote himself to painting. O Connor exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1857-1888, the Suffolk Street Galleries from 1853-1872 and the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1875-1888. He was a favourite painter of the Royal family. |
| Date(s): |
1884
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| Community: |
Irish Community |
| Theme: |
Settling (experiences of living in England) |
| Format: |
Object |
| Access: |
Original available for consultation by appointment with the Museum of London |
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