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Henry O’Neill (1798–1880) was an Irish artist and antiquarian. O’Neill himself was a very interesting person but his story is rather a tragic one. Henry O’Neill. Early Life And Career Of O’Neill. Henry was born in 1798 in Clonmel. He was the only child of his parents.
Henry O'Neill (1800 - 1880) RA Collection: People and Organisations Writer on Irish stone crosses and Celtic art. Profile. Born: 1800 Died: 1880. Gender: Male. Share
O'Neill, Henry (1798–1880), artist and antiquarian, was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth, or possibly in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, the only child of Henry O'Neill; his mother is said to have been a daughter of a prominent bookseller and publisher, Samuel Watson (qv).
O'Neill is best remembered for the creation of lithographs portraying Celtic art and crosses in Ireland. They were published as Illustrations of Some of the Most Interesting Sculptured Crosses of Ancient Ireland (1857).
Biographies. Keywords. Henry O'Neill. Born : 1798 - Clonmel, Ireland. Died : 1880 - Ireland. Known for : Ancient crosses, lithographs, illustrations, landscape painting. Monasterboice, County Louth, with couple praying by the Round Tower showing numerous Celtic Crosses and Graves. Art images copyright© of artist or assignee.
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Henry O'Neill. Illustrations of the most interesting of the sculptured crosses of ancient Ireland / drawn to scale and lithographed by Henry O'Neill. 1857. 55.0 x 2.0 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1071082. Description. iv, 12 p., 36 leaves of plates : ill. People involved. Physical properties. Groupings.