In Achill Sound - French, Percy (Irish painter, draftsman, and illustrator, 1854-1920) (My University, 2000)
Percy French was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. On termination of his employment as Cavan Board of Works Engineer in the mid 1880s, he devoted himself to composing, singing and watercolour painting. He often utilized both wet and dry brush techniques and specialized in mists and moors. Label attached to the backboard of present painting: 'In Achill Sound, Percy French,/ 21 Clifton Hill N.W./London'
Keywords: Art, Irish; Landscape painting; Painting, Irish; Sailboats; Seas and oceans; Achill (Ireland); Victorian