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Ref: 6672

Ireland, The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland, bronze prize medal awarded (1934) to painter Kitty Clausen O’Brien

 

 

Obv: woman in classical dress holding a bouquet, attended by a child  

 

Rev: palm and laurel wreath, ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND around, engraved within AWARDED TO MRS K. CLAUSEN O’BRIEN WITH SECOND PRIZE FOR COLLECTION OF FLOWER PAINTINGS AT EXHIBITION 1934 in 7 lines

 

 

Condition: Extremely fine; Diameter: 41mm

 

Reference: -

 

Notes: Katharine Frances Clausen (1886-1936) was born in New York, the daughter of George Clausen RA and in 1928 married Conor O’Brien, an Irish yachtsman and author. She studied at the Royal Academy Schools 1908-1913, winning several prizes.

 

 

Price £75

 

 

Ireland, The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland, bronze prize medal
Ireland, The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland, bronze prize medal

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