Nathaniel (1740) Grogan Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Nathaniel (1740) Grogan Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 04, 2025
NATHANIEL GROGAN (C.1740-1807) Fight at the Inn from 'The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'
Est: €6,000 - €10,000
NATHANIEL GROGAN (C.1740-1807) Fight at the Inn from 'The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling' Oil on board, 46 x 68cm Note: A very similar composition can be seen in the etchings by Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) from the illustrated 1792 edition of the novel. This dramatic composition by Grogan is based on a scene from the mid-18th century novel by Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, published in 1749. A Bildungsroman, following the adventures of the title character, as he navigates the hypocrisy of upper class society, is seen as one of the earliest novels in the English language. Tom is an orphan abandoned as a baby in the home of the wealthy Squire Allworthy who instructs his sister Bridget to raise the boy as part of their household in his Somerset estate. Tom falls in love with a neighbouring squire’s daughter, Sophia Western, who returns his affection, but on pronouncing their intentions to marry, her father and Allworthy disapprove of the match due to Tom’s illegitimacy. Following a fall out with Allworthy, Tom is banished from the estate and begins his travels across Britain. En route he meets a barber named Partridge, who was banished from town because he was believed to be Tom’s biological father. The two become close friends and Patridge remains faithful to Tom in helping to restore his reputation and relationship with Allworhthy. The painting by Grogan depicts a scene from the novel in which Tom and Partridge have stopped in an inn on their journey. Tom has recused a woman, Mrs Waters with whom he is now romantically involved. A man arrives at the inn, furious and looking for a woman named Mrs Fitzpatrick and he is wrongly sent to Tom’s room. In the scene we see him having burst through the door, confronting Tom. Mrs Waters who is depicted partially undressed pulls the hair of the inn’s landlady while the chambermaid delivers a blow to Partridge. Grogan delights in the drama of the scene, presented within the darkened environs of the inn, employing the use of lighting to intensify the skirmish in the centre of the composition. One of Ireland’s foremost 18th century genre painters, Grogan was greatly influenced by Dutch Golden Age painters such as Hobbema and Heemskerck. The latter of which was known for his extremely popular comic and satirical works. In this work Grogan exaggerates the movements of the figures enhancing its raucous nature and drawing humour from the scene, particularly in the facial expressions of landlady and Partridge. ***PLEASE NOTE: Title of the painting should read 'Fight at the Inn from 'The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling' '***
Adam's
Nov. 05, 2024
NATHANIEL GROGAN THE ELDER (IRISH, 1738–1807) View near Bantry, wooded lan…
Est: €600 - €800
NATHANIEL GROGAN THE ELDER (IRISH, 1738–1807) View near Bantry, wooded landscape Watercolour, 20.5 x 26cm Signed lower left Provenance: With London Fry Gallery, label verso
Adam's
Nov. 05, 2024
NATHANIEL GROGAN (1748 - 1807) Glanmire Church from the River Lee Signed an…
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
NATHANIEL GROGAN (1748 - 1807) Glanmire Church from the River Lee Signed and inscribed Watercolour, oval 19 x 23cm The river Lee has for centuries attracted fishermen to its shores. From its source in the rugged countryside above Gouganbarra it flows due east through beautiful contrasting scenery, varying from wild mountain to moorland before flowing on to the historic city of Cork. Salmon fishing is very common on the river with spring fish entering the waters in early February. In this work Grogan depicts four fishermen hauling in their drag nets full of catch from the river. He has placed the four figures to the extreme right-hand side of the composition with two standing to their knees in the shallow water. While two more are located on the banks, pulling strongly on the end of the net. The powerful diagonal line of the figures’ movement draws the eye in and across the landscape. The dramatic set piece is arranged within an impressive landscape, with a sheer rock face to one side and contrasted with a majestic, gnarled tree growing out from the cliff, its branches heavy with green and golden foliage. In the middle distance the faint outline of Glanmire Church is visible, located on a hill overlooking the village. There was a tendency in the eighteenth-century Irish landscape painting for artists to depict imagined rural idylls. Grogan, though not completely exempt from this tradition, did on occasion present a different view. In this watercolour he is focused on the industry along the river and depicting the ordinary people engaged in it. Grogan also produced and published a series of twelve aquatints depicting scenes along the river Lee. Each of the views in that series depicts some form of physical labour, from fishing, to quarrying to thatching roofs. Notable buildings included castles at Blarney, Blackrock and Monk stown, while downriver he presented many views of the landscape around Glanmire Village. It is possible that this watercolour was intended as the basis of aquatint. His characteristically lively watercolours and aquatints, have keen sense of observed detail, of events that Grogan had witnessed, enabling him to create a distinct sense of time and place within the works.
Adam's
May. 09, 2023
NATHANIEL GROGAN (IRISH, 1740-1807)
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
Figures at an inn at the entrance to Cork Harbour Oil on panel Enclosed in a decorative frame Note: Nathaniel Grogan (1740-1807) was an artist from county Cork who painted landscapes, topographical scenes and genre subjects. He worked both in oil paint and watercolours. At an early age he travelled to America and the West Indies but did not remain long and returned to Cork where he commenced a career as an artist and teacher. He enjoyed a steady demand for his paintings from the new merchants of the city and was commissioned to decorate their mansions. (See for example his work at Vernon Mount House.) Both his landscape work and his interior genre scenes were much influenced by the Dutch artists of the seventeenth-century. Grogan’s figures are particularly indebted to the work of Egbert Van Heemskerck (1634-1704). In 1796 he published a set of twelve aquatints depicting scenes in and around Cork. His work was popular in his lifetime. Works by Grogan can be seen at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin and the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. (Lot 140)
Sheppards
Sep. 22, 2020
NATHANIEL GROGAN (C.1740-1807)
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
An Irish Jig Oil on panel
Sheppards
Apr. 17, 2019
ATTRIBUTED TO NATHANIEL GROGAN (c.1740-1807)Figures Boating in a Wooded River Landscape, Sunset Oil on canvas, 102.5 x 142.5cm Provenance: The Estate of William Roth
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
ATTRIBUTED TO NATHANIEL GROGAN (c.1740-1807)Figures Boating in a Wooded River Landscape, Sunset Oil on canvas, 102.5 x 142.5cm Provenance: The Estate of William Roth
Adam's
Nov. 28, 2017
NATHANIEL GROGAN (IRISH, 1740-1807)
Est: €2,500 - €3,500
Figures at an inn at the entrance to Cork Harbour Oil on panel Enclosed in a decorative frame Note: Nathaniel Grogan (1740-1807) was an artist from county Cork who painted landscapes, topographical scenes and genre subjects. He worked both in oil paint and watercolours. At an early age he travelled to America and the West Indies but did not remain long and returned to Cork where he commenced a career as an artist and teacher. He enjoyed a steady demand for his paintings from the new merchants of the city and was commissioned to decorate their mansions. (See for example his work at Vernon Mount House.) Both his landscape work and his interior genre scenes were much influenced by the Dutch artists of the seventeenth-century. Grogan’s figures are particularly indebted to the work of Egbert Van Heemskerck (1634-1704). In 1796 he published a set of twelve aquatints depicting scenes in and around Cork. His work was popular in his lifetime. Works by Grogan can be seen at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin and the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork.
Sheppards
Oct. 13, 2014
ATTRIBUTED TO NATHANIEL GROGAN (c.1740-1807)
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
ATTRIBUTED TO NATHANIEL GROGAN (c.1740-1807) Figures Boating in a Wooded River Landscape, Sunset Oil on canvas, 102.5 x 142.5cm Provenance: The Estate of William Roth
Adam's
Dec. 04, 2012
Nathaniel Grogan (c 1740 - 1807) The Bantry Pact
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
Nathaniel Grogan (c 1740 - 1807) The Bantry Pact (1983) Monochrome wash, 19 x 15cms (7.5 x 6'') Exhibited: ''Whipping the Herring'', The Crawford Gallery, Cork, May - August 2006 ''The Arcadian Landscapes of Nathaniel Grogan and John Butts'' Exhibition, The Crawford Gallery, Cork, 2012 ''Ireland: Her People and Landscape'' The AVA Gallery, June - Sept 2012, Cat. No. 15 Literature: ''Irish Rural Interiors in Art'', Claudia Kinmonth, illustrated p181 ''A Question of Attribution: The Arcadian Landscapes of Nathaniel Grogan and John Butts'' p94, full page illustration p95 ''Whipping the Herring'' The Crawford Gallery 2006, p140, full page illustration p141 ''Ireland: Her People and Landscape'' Exhibition Catalogue, full page illustration p22
Adam's
Apr. 05, 2011
Nathaniel Grogan Snr. 1740 - 1807 Bartholomew
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Nathaniel Grogan Snr. 1740 - 1807 Bartholomew O'Sullivan's Paper Manufactory, Ironworks and Foundry at Beechmount, near Dripsey, Co. Cork, " O.O.C., approx. 36" x 48" (91.5cms x 122cms), in contemporary gilt frame." * An engraved version of this picture is held at Cork Public Museum, see Literature " Bygone Industries of Blarney and Dripsey, " in Journal of The Cork Historical Archaeological Society, 1984." An extremely important contemporary record of a landmark Cork Industry, which employed up to 2500 people, in the depressed times of early 19th Century Ireland. (1)
Mealy's
May. 07, 2009
Nathaniel Grogan (1740-1807)
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
Nathaniel Grogan (1740-1807) Castle Hyde, Co. Cork pencil and watercolour heightened with gum arabic 13¾ x 21¾ in. (34.9 x 55.3 cm.)
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