The artist, Wellington Colomb (1827-1895) appears in Walter Strickland’s A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), where he is noted as an amateur artist. The second son of General George T. Colomb, from 1848 to 1851 he contributed landscapes to the exhibitions in the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) while residing with his family at the Hibernian Military School in the Phoenix Park. Strickland writes: On the 10th September, 1851, at the age of 24, he joined the Royal Irish Constabulary as a Cadet, and while stationed at Killarney as a Sub-Inspector he exhibited landscapes in the Hibernian Academy in 1858, 1859 and 1862. He was promoted County Inspector on 15th October, 1875, and was appointed Assistant Inspector-General on 16th October, 1877. Colomb also sent landscapes in watercolour to the RHA in the years 1866, 1867 and 1879. He retired on pension on 10th September, 1891, and died on 7th May, 1895.
The artist, Wellington Colomb (1827-1895) appears in Walter Strickland’s A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), where he is noted as an amateur artist. The second son of General George T. Colomb, from 1848 to 1851 he contributed landscapes to the exhibitions in the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) while residing with his family at the Hibernian Military School in the Phoenix Park. Strickland writes: On the 10th September, 1851, at the age of 24, he joined the Royal Irish Constabulary as a Cadet, and while stationed at Killarney as a Sub-Inspector he exhibited landscapes in the Hibernian Academy in 1858, 1859 and 1862. He was promoted County Inspector on 15th October, 1875, and was appointed Assistant Inspector-General on 16th October, 1877. Colomb also sent landscapes in watercolour to the RHA in the years 1866, 1867 and 1879. He retired on pension on 10th September, 1891, and died on 7th May, 1895.