FINE ART : PAINTINGS

Title: The Twelfth of July in Portadown (1928)
Object Name: Painting
Maker: Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941 (Primary maker)
Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941 (maker)
Lavery, John (Sir) 1856 - 1941 (artist)
Date Made: 1928
1928
Description: A street view of an Orange Order parade, marching on the 12th of July in Portadown. Buildings line either side of the road. Men in traditional dress, of bowler hats and orange sashes, can be seen marching down the middle, some play flutes, others lambeg drums. One rides a white horse under a banner of King William III of Orange. On lookers watch from either side of the procession.
Materials: oil on board
Catalogue Number: BELUM.U77
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