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Mary Smith lecturing on Woman's Rights, Cockermouth, Cumbria
1888
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
38.0 × 28.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2020
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Richard Staunton Cahill was born in County Clare, Ireland, and trained at the Royal Hibernian Academy’s school in Dublin. Cahill moved to London in the 1860s, and he exhibited paintings in both London and Dublin throughout his career. A supporter of various social causes, in 1882 Cahill protested the intrusion of the railway and roads into England’s scenic Lake District. In this painting, he depicts a Mrs Smith delivering ‘A Lecture on Women’s Rights’ in Cockermouth, Cumbria, in the north-west of England. Mrs Smith is probably Mary Smith, the honorary secretary of the Carlisle branch of the National Society for Women’s Suffrage.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
England
Inscription
inscribed in red paint l.l.: RSC (monogram)ahill. 1888
Accession Number
2020.591
Department
International Painting