The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-06-09

! after the battle of the Little Big Horn
he went there and began his Custer
picture. He was three years at work
on it. 1t was q by IL feet in dimen-
| sions and the figures We're life size. 1t
| represented Custer standing in the CEN
tire of group Of the dead. With half
| dozen companions and one horse
Custer is represented as leaning on
his sword. although it was known to
Mulvany that he always carried a car
bine in action and fired with il like Il
private soldier. This was to identify
him as an officer, it was supposed. The
| faces of the soldiers are mostly typi-
| cally Irish. and, as !; matter of fact
the majority of the men who died with
| Custer were Irishmen.
The picture was for Il long time in
the now defunct Irish American Club,
| of Chicago and was seen by many
| hundreds who attended Irish conven-
| tons in that city. 1t attracted Il good
deal of attention and was exhibited all
| over the country. How much Null
| v;lny got for It is not known. 1t
| finally landed with the owner of a
pickle establishment and has done duty
| ever since as an advertisement. a re-
plica of the picture. for which he is
said to have got $3.50, is doing similar
| service in London.
The Striker" another picture BY
| Mulvaney. is Il representation of a
| miner looking out of the window of
| his home. where his wife is sitting on
| soap box. the only article of fur
niture, while his aged father. wearing
an empty sleeve from war time,
| stands behind him. The man is gaZ-
ing at the collieries in full working
condition and there is anger and de-
| spair on his face. Another of his pic
lures is that of IL Boer and an Irish
scout in the Boer War, crouching for
| shot at the red coats, while IL third
man holds the horses in the rear. He
| also painted The Trial of Il Horse
| Thief" "'rhe Battle of Aughrn," THE
| Battle of Atlanta" and "'rhe Anar-
| chists." in which company of men
| are drawing cards to select one of
their number to do murder. A dozen
canvaseS depicting military scenes.
which he never sold, are now lying
| around storage places in Greenpoint
one of the best portraits was that
| of General Philip e. Sheridan There
are probably more than Il score Of
| life size portraits done by him in
Brooklyn. One of his latest was a
picture of Bishop Mcdonnell. painted
| for Father Walsh, of the Church of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel in AS
toria. He also painted Il picture of
| Mayor Weaver. of Philadelphia. lately,
| and got Il letter of thanks from the
| Mayor who was asked To send his
photograph to Mulvany He was Il
friend of Henry Watterson and had
received much praise from him. and
| he was very proud of IL resolution
passed by the Legislature of Kentucky
commissioning him to make Il por-
| trait of John &. Breckenridge of that
State. He had recently Il letter from
General John S. CIarkson, recalling
old times and wishing him we'll He
was known to prominent men all over
| the country and they appreciated his
! talent but he had the artistic tenn
permanent to an intense degree and was
Il poor business man. Had he the
| judgment to get some competent man
to manage his business he would have
been great success. .s
John Mulvany was n good Irishman,
in full sympathy with the National
movement. and for many years he
cherished the idea of painting the great
| historic battle scenes of Ireland But
he led wandering life, disappeared
often and never went further than the
battle OF Aughrim. He leaves Il sis
ter. Mrs. Muldoon, VIII" lives in
Brooklyn.