James Mahony
Illustration — The Great Irish Famine of 1845-1849, caused by potato blight. Skibbereen engraving by James Mahony, 1847 James Mahony or Mahoney (1810–1879) was a leading nineteenth century Irish artist and engraver. His father was a joiner in Cork, Ireland, and little is known of his early life.
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James Mahony
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- Born
- 1810 · Cork.
- Died
- 1879 · London.
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · printmaker · scientific illustrator
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Born at Cork in 1810, died in London in 1879.
James Mahony (1810–1879) was an Irish painter, draftsperson and printmaker.
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- 1.Visual Arts, Cork. Mahoney, James ARHA (1810-79).
- 2.Valone, David A. Ireland's Great Hunger: Relief, representation, and remembrance. Volume 2. University Press of America. 202. 2009. 978-0-7618-4899-8.
- 3.Brett, David. The Construction of Heritage. Cork University Press. 147. 1996. 978-1-85918-053-2.
- 4.Jackson, Alvin. The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History. Oxford University Press. 737. 2014. 978-0-19-166760-2.
- 5.Boyce, Charlotte. REPRESENTING THE "HUNGRY FORTIES" IN IMAGE AND VERSE: THE POLITICS OF HUNGER IN EARLY-VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED PERIODICALS. Victorian Literature and Culture. Cambridge Core. 40. 2. 421–449. 2012. 10.1017/S1060150312000034.
- 6.The Victorian Web. Illustrations by James Mahoney for Charles Dickens's Works.
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