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Frank Leah (fl. 1920-1950) Royal Institute of Arch

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Frank Leah (fl. 1920-1950) Royal Institute of Architects, Annual Dinner (A Pair). pen and ink 38 by 53cm., 15 by 21in. The second work is 8 by 12 inches. The artist Frank Leah was an illustrator for various newspapers and journals including The Irish Limelight, a short-lived periodical devoted to cinema and theatre. He was also the animator for Ireland's first animated film, Ten Days Leave, released in 1917. His portraits of Irish theatrical personalities were collected by Joseph Holloway and later donated to the National Library of Ireland. A pair of drawings – of Michael Collins and Arthur Griffiths – fetched 5,400 at Whyte's on 29 November 200.5

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