George Mullins (

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1763 – 1765) was an Irish

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Life

Mullins, a landscape painter, was trained by

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in the Dublin Society's Drawing School beginning in 1756. He was first employed in

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where he painted trays and lids for snuff boxes. He obtained, however, some success as a landscape-painter, and coming to London exhibited at the early exhibitions of the Royal Academy from 1770 to 1775. He was hired by

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to paint decorative pictures for his Marino estate. Mullins was also employed as a sign painter and taught one of the premier future Irish landscape painters, Thomas Roberts.Aspects of Irish Art.

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. Cahill & Co. 1974. Pg 110. Retrieved Mar. 29, 2008.

Family

He married a young woman who kept an alehouse near Temple Bar, called the Horseshoe and Magpye, a place of popular resort. The date of his death is not known.

References

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