COLLECTION OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO THE SWETE FAMILY, CORK Henry Kirchhoffer RHA (1781-1860) and Attributed to Frederick Buck (1771-1839)
Signature: portrait of a girl with short hair against a dark background is signed "Kirchhoffer" lower right and dated 1804 lower left Medium: oval shaped portrait miniatures; (12); photographs; (5) Dimensions: Provenance: Collection of the Swete Family; Thence by family descent to the present owner Exhibited: Literature: Both Henry Kirchhoffer and Frederick Buck lived and worked as miniaturists in Cork. Kirchhoffer from c.1802 to 1815 and Buck, a native of the city, from 1787. Henry Kirchhoffer was descended from a S... Swiss surgeon who served in Ireland under William III. He entered the Dublin Society's Schools in 1797, and in 1801 he exhibited two portrait drawings in the Parliament House. For some years afterwards he resided in Cork, where he practised as a miniature painter, and from there, in 1802, he sent five miniatures to the exhibition held that year in the Parliament House. Twenty-four works by him were in the First Munster Exhibition held in Cork in 1815. He returned to Dublin in 1816 and sent a number of drawings to the exhibitions held in the Dublin Society's House in Hawkins Street in 1817 and 1819. He also exhibited in 1821, and contributed a "Portrait of Charles Robertson " the miniature painter, to the water-colour exhibition held in 1823. This portrait was presented by Mr E.S. Robertson to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1903 [NGI.2523]. Kirchhoffer was one of the original Associates of the RHA, and was elected a Member in 1826. He was an exhibitor from 1826 to 1834, chiefly of landscapes and portraits in water-colour, and also of miniatures and figure subjects. In 1835 he settled in London and exhibited at the Royal Academy and elsewhere from 1837 to 1843 chiefly portraits. After 1843 little is known of him as an artist. He lived in Brighton for some years, and returning to London he died at 71 St. John's Wood Terrace aged 79. Younger brother of Adam Buck (1759-1833 also a miniaturist), Frederick, was born in Cork in 1771. He was, perhaps, the Frederick Buck admitted as a pupil to the Dublin Society's drawing school in 1783. He practised as a miniature painter in Cork for a long period. In 1787 he was living at Fen's Quay; in 1795 in Mardyke Street; in 1810 and for some years after, in George's Quay, and later in Buckingham Square. During the Peninsula war, when Cork was a busy port of embarkation of troops, Buck had so many orders for portraits of officers and others going to the seat of war that he kept a supply of partly-painted ivories to which he added the heads and the regimental facings, etc., when his customers gave him hurried sittings. His miniatures are numerous. Buck was successful in his profession and was enabled to retire some years before his death, which took place about 1839 or 1840. For further reading on both artists see Strickland Vol I. p.581-582 (Kirchhoffer) and p.123 (Buck, F.) Henry Kirchhoffer was descended from a Swiss surgeon who served in Ireland under William III. He entered the Dublin Society's Schools in 1797, and in 1801 he exhibited two portrait drawings in the Parliament House. For some years afterwards he resided in Cork, where he practised as a miniature painter, and from there, in 1802, he sent five miniatures to the exhibition held that year in the Parliament House. Twenty-four works by him were in the First Munster Exhibition held in Cork in 1815. He returned to Dublin in 1816 and sent a number of drawings to the exhibitions held in the Dublin Society's House in Hawkins Street in 1817 and 1819. He also exhibited in 1821, and contributed a "Portrait of Charles Robertson " the miniature painter, to the water-colour exhibition held in 1823. This portrait was presented by Mr E.S. Robertson to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1903 [NGI.2523]. Kirchhoffer was one of the original Associates of the RHA, and was elected a Member in 1826. He was an exhibitor from 1826 to 1834, chiefly of landscapes and portraits in water-colour, and also of miniatures and figure subjects.
COLLECTION OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO THE SWETE FAMILY, CORK Henry Kirchhoffer RHA (1781-1860) and Attributed to Frederick Buck (1771-1839)
Signature: portrait of a girl with short hair against a dark background is signed "Kirchhoffer" lower right and dated 1804 lower left Medium: oval shaped portrait miniatures; (12); photographs; (5) Dimensions: Provenance: Collection of the Swete Family; Thence by family descent to the present owner Exhibited: Literature: Both Henry Kirchhoffer and Frederick Buck lived and worked as miniaturists in Cork. Kirchhoffer from c.1802 to 1815 and Buck, a native of the city, from 1787. Henry Kirchhoffer was descended from a S... Swiss surgeon who served in Ireland under William III. He entered the Dublin Society's Schools in 1797, and in 1801 he exhibited two portrait drawings in the Parliament House. For some years afterwards he resided in Cork, where he practised as a miniature painter, and from there, in 1802, he sent five miniatures to the exhibition held that year in the Parliament House. Twenty-four works by him were in the First Munster Exhibition held in Cork in 1815. He returned to Dublin in 1816 and sent a number of drawings to the exhibitions held in the Dublin Society's House in Hawkins Street in 1817 and 1819. He also exhibited in 1821, and contributed a "Portrait of Charles Robertson " the miniature painter, to the water-colour exhibition held in 1823. This portrait was presented by Mr E.S. Robertson to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1903 [NGI.2523]. Kirchhoffer was one of the original Associates of the RHA, and was elected a Member in 1826. He was an exhibitor from 1826 to 1834, chiefly of landscapes and portraits in water-colour, and also of miniatures and figure subjects. In 1835 he settled in London and exhibited at the Royal Academy and elsewhere from 1837 to 1843 chiefly portraits. After 1843 little is known of him as an artist. He lived in Brighton for some years, and returning to London he died at 71 St. John's Wood Terrace aged 79. Younger brother of Adam Buck (1759-1833 also a miniaturist), Frederick, was born in Cork in 1771. He was, perhaps, the Frederick Buck admitted as a pupil to the Dublin Society's drawing school in 1783. He practised as a miniature painter in Cork for a long period. In 1787 he was living at Fen's Quay; in 1795 in Mardyke Street; in 1810 and for some years after, in George's Quay, and later in Buckingham Square. During the Peninsula war, when Cork was a busy port of embarkation of troops, Buck had so many orders for portraits of officers and others going to the seat of war that he kept a supply of partly-painted ivories to which he added the heads and the regimental facings, etc., when his customers gave him hurried sittings. His miniatures are numerous. Buck was successful in his profession and was enabled to retire some years before his death, which took place about 1839 or 1840. For further reading on both artists see Strickland Vol I. p.581-582 (Kirchhoffer) and p.123 (Buck, F.) Henry Kirchhoffer was descended from a Swiss surgeon who served in Ireland under William III. He entered the Dublin Society's Schools in 1797, and in 1801 he exhibited two portrait drawings in the Parliament House. For some years afterwards he resided in Cork, where he practised as a miniature painter, and from there, in 1802, he sent five miniatures to the exhibition held that year in the Parliament House. Twenty-four works by him were in the First Munster Exhibition held in Cork in 1815. He returned to Dublin in 1816 and sent a number of drawings to the exhibitions held in the Dublin Society's House in Hawkins Street in 1817 and 1819. He also exhibited in 1821, and contributed a "Portrait of Charles Robertson " the miniature painter, to the water-colour exhibition held in 1823. This portrait was presented by Mr E.S. Robertson to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1903 [NGI.2523]. Kirchhoffer was one of the original Associates of the RHA, and was elected a Member in 1826. He was an exhibitor from 1826 to 1834, chiefly of landscapes and portraits in water-colour, and also of miniatures and figure subjects.
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