Francis Prout Mahony (1862 - 1916)

Francis Prout Mahony

Francis Prout Mahony, also known as Frank Mahony was an Australian painter, watercolorist and illustrator. Mahony became known for his excellent drawings of horses. He worked for The Antipodean, The Sydney Mail and the Australian Town and Country Journal. In addition to his periodical work, he illustrated numerous books, including Where the Dead Men Lie, and Other Poems by Barcroft Boake, While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson and Dot and the Kangaroo, a children's book by Ethel Pedley. His oils were moderately successful. He is best remembered as a capable painter of animals and is represented in the Sydney, Hobart and Wanganui, New Zealand galleries.

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