Potterton People and Places: Three Centuries of an Irish Family (2006)
With a Genealogy of the Tong Family of Offaly as an Appendix
190
pp. 112 b & w ills. 1-905-451-18-0 Paperback €15
Published
by Choice Publishing
A family history of the Pottertons in Ireland. Comprising an introduction, biographies, and a
gazeteer of places once owned by the family, there is also a complete family tree on fourteen interconnected charts. Photographs
of the family, maps, and other illustrations as well as a bibliography; and, as Homan cites his sources, the book is by
way of being a guide for others researching their Irish roots.
Rathcormick: a Childhood Recalled (2004)
With an Introduction by William Trevor and Drawings by Jeremy Williams
303 pp.
0-09-946179X Paperback. £7.99
Published by Vintage/Random House
Paperback
available from bookshops in Ireland and the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Also available from: http://www.bookwise.ie
Dutch Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Paintings
in the National Gallery of Ireland: a Complete Catalogue (1986)
446 pp. 300
b & w ills. 0-903162-30-X (HB) 0-903162-31-8 (PB)
Published by the National Gallery of
Ireland
A scholarly catalogue of the two hundred or so Dutch paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland including masterpieces
by Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Jacob van Ruisdael, Salomon van Ruysdael, Jan van Goyen, Frans Post and other artists.
Irish Church Monuments, 1570-1880 (1975)
Hardback.
98 pp. 70 b & w ills.
Published by the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society
Compiled in dictionary format by sculptor, this is an account of the many
fine sculpted memorials to be found in Irish churches. There is an index of places and (for the genealogist) a valuable index of persons
commemorated.
The National Gallery, London (1977)
Paperback. 216 pp. 75 colour ills, 270 b & w ills.
Published by
Thames & Hudson
The London National Gallery is one of the world's greatest collections of old master paintings.
In his Introduction, Homan tells how the collection was formed and then provides a detailed commentary on 150 major masterpieces.
There is a complete listing of the entire collection.
Now out-of-print but readily available second-hand through Amazon.co.uk,
etc.
A Guide to the National Gallery (1976)
Paperback. 168 pp. 160 b & w ills.
Published by the National Gallery, London
This
was the official guidebook to the London National Gallery for ten years or so. It was also published in French, German, Italian and
Japanese editions. There is an introductory history of the Gallery and snappy commentaries on about 150 pictures.
Out-of-print, but
as well over half a million copies were sold, it is quite easy to find second-hand.
Andrew O'Connor, 1874-1941 (1974)
Paperback. 66 pp. 45 b & w ills.
Published by Gifford & Craven
This
is the catalogue of an exhibition held in Trinity College, Dublin on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of this Irish-American
sculptor. Born in Worcester (Mass), O'Connor worked with the sculptor Daniel Chester French, and the architects McKim Mead and White
before moving to Paris (where he exhibited at the Salon). He later lived and worked in Ireland.
Out-of-print and rare.
Irish Art and Architecture: from Prehistory to the Present (1978)
Hardback & Paperback. 272 pp. 40 colour ills.
272 b & w ills
Published by Thames & Hudson
Written with Peter Harbison and Jeanne Sheehy as joint authors, this
is a beautifully illustrated general survey of the best in Irish art including treasures of medieval gold, the Book of Kells, Georgian
architecture and the paintings of Jack B Yeats and other artists.
Out-of-print but still available second-hand.
Pageant and Panorama: the Elegant World of Canaletto (1978)
Hardback. 80 pp. 28 colour ills.
50 b & w ills.
Published by Phaidon Press
From the blurb: 'It is through the eyes of Canaletto that most people
receive their first impression of Venice. In this survey of paintings, drawings and engravings, the author outlines Canaletto's
working methods, gives an account of his patrons, and discusses the topography of the paintings described.'
Out of print but
easy to find secondhand.
Venetian Seventeenth Century Painting (1979)
Paperback. 160 pp. 8 colour ills. 76 b
& w ills.
Published by the National Gallery, London
This is the catalogue of a major exhibition (organised by Homan)
which took place at the National Gallery, London in 1979. An introductory history of Venetian 17th century painting, biographies of
artists, bibliography, and detailed descriptions of fifty-four paintings borrowed from private and public collections in Britain and
Ireland.
Out of print but easy to find secondhand.
