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AFTER JOHN FERGUS O’HEA The Prince and Princess of Wales at Punchestown Races 1868 Printed for J.Chancellor, Dublin Engraving, 70 x 111cm John Fergus O'Hea (c.1838-1922) had studied at the Cork School of Design. He was an illustrator and political cartoonist and was known to have published under the pseudonym 'Spex'. The Punchestown race meeting of 1868 was a famous occasion as it was attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales. Photographic technologies were advancing and the Dublin photographer John Chancellor recorded the first known images of the festival. Chancellor commissioned O'Hea to paint the commemorative depiction of the Prince of Wale's visit to Ireland's national racing fixture. O'Hea then produced souvenir prints of Chancellor's photograph under his direction.
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