Castles - Ireland

Date: 1899

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Irish sketchbook]

Reference: E-362-q-012

Description: The square tower of a castle, seen from a street with other buildings beyond Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing in sketchbook 190 x 280 mm

Date: 1890 - 1898

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :[Sketchbook, 1896-1898, 1904]

Reference: E-120-q-2-026

Description: Ruins of Castle Egney, Kilcoleman, Ireland, home of poet Edmund Spencer. Shows the square tower, all that remains of the castle Possibly drawn before Moreton left England Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 284 x 207 mm

Date: 1899

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Irish sketchbook]

Reference: E-362-q-025

Description: The square tower of a castle, seen in a park landscape with cows grazing. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing in sketchbook 190 x 280 mm

Date: 1899

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Irish sketchbook]

Reference: E-362-q-017

Description: A castle doorway with an arched top, large blocks of fallen stone at its base Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing in sketchbook 190 x 280 mm

Date: 1876

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Gibr[altar] 1874 [to 1877]

Reference: E-350-q-025

Description: A central crenellated round tower, a chapel to its left and a large wing to its right, with a courtyard, guards and a queue of people in the foreground The title for this work and the preliminary drawing in pencil are on the opposite page (E-350-q-024) Inscriptions: Album page - on opposite page: title and date in pencil; also a note 'Badly drawn. Not upright. Practice some figures with a brush in that way, drawing in with good brush' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page 170 x 240 mm

Date: 1817 - 1890 - 1899

From: Artist unknown :[Series of engravings of Dublin]. Published by T Cadell & W Davies, London. 1817

Reference: A-127-008

Description: View of Dublin Castle and courtyard. Bedford Tower flanked by the gates of Fortitude and Justice is on the right, and the State Apartments on the left. On verso: Two sepia photographs of children. One with a boy standing near a floral archway is entitled `Balarat Gardens' [Ballarat, Victoria], ca 1890s. Also two small portraits cut from a magazine - R D Meagher, M.L.A. and John Norton Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 135 x 195 mm

Date: 1899

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Irish sketchbook]

Reference: E-362-q-013

Description: A stone castle or smaller building, with a round tower at one end, a stone dome on top Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing in sketchbook 190 x 280 mm

Date: 1830 - 1885

From: Various artists :[Album of watercolours, cards and published pictures, including scenes in New Zealand and European countries, belonging to Cherie Templer (nee Connell)]. 1830-1890

By: Templer, Cherie, 1856?-1915; Noblett, J, active 1830

Reference: E-943-q-006

Description: Top image shows a view of the river near the town of Carrigaline, County Cork, Ireland. The ruin of a Norman Castle can be seen in the distance. The bottom image, which might be near Hamilton, shows a small cottage perched high on the banks of a river, possibly the Waikato It is reasonable to suggest that J Noblett was the artist who painted the County Cork scene, as his name is identified against another painting in the album, also from 1830 (E-943-q-027) Other Titles - Carrigaline Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - Carragaline [sic] river, Cork, 1830 [in ink]; Album page - bottom left - Hamilton 1885[?] [in ink] Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, varying sizes, on album page 265 x 220 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E. J. Templer, UK (formerly of Tasmania), September 2012

Date: 1953-Oct 1953

From: Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Reference: MSX-9143

Description: Journal relating S M Miller's travels in Ireland, England, France, Monaco, and Italy in 1953. Impressions of towns, cities, and other locations visited, including: Magillycuddy's Reeks, Limerick, County Clare, Galway, Donegal Bay, Ballycastle, Chester, Worcester, Gloucester, The Cotswolds, Oxford, London, Angouleme, Toulouse, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Cagnes, St Paul's, Grenoble, Bianco, Milan, Lake Como, Bologna, Florence, Pisa, and Rome. Contains references to hitch-hiking, the various standards of hostels stayed in, art and architecture, other tourists and their behaviour, social customs (dancing, food, drinking), the Bodleian Library, obtaining visas, seeing a play by T S Elliot 'The Confidential Clerk', crossing the English Channel, beaches, hiking in the Alps, landscapes, casinos, agriculture (vineyards, sheep, goats, donkeys, crops), the weather, autumn, and industry (a visit to a car factory [Morris Minor?] in England). Diary entries in Ireland include topics such as politics, superstition, and Catholicism. French attitudes to the British are discussed. And the behaviour of Italian men towards female hitch-hikers is commented on. Contains travel ephemera such as tickets for the Museo Teatrale alla Scala and another Italian attraction, stamps, a timetable for linge Marseille-aix-Avignon, and a business card for Dr Gepp Mitterftiller. Also includes pressed flowers. Quantity: 1 volume(s) with two enclosures of loose materials. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, dried flowers

Date: 1876

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Gibr[altar] 1874 [to 1877]

Reference: E-350-q-024

Description: A central crenellated round tower, a chapel to its left and a large wing to its right, with a courtyard and guards in the foreground Inscriptions: Album page - title and date in pencil; also a note 'Badly drawn. Not upright. Practice some figures with a brush in that way, drawing in with good brush' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page 170 x 240 mm

Date: 1899

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Irish sketchbook]

Reference: E-362-q-030/031

Description: On the left-hand page, details of windows and arrow slits. On the right-hand page, the partially ruined square tower of a castle, probably in County Tipperary, Ireland Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: 2 Pencil drawings in sketchbook, page size 190 x 280 mm

Date: 1890 - 1910

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

By: Alington family

Reference: A-446-021

Description: Shows a view of Castle Bellingham, the ancestral home of Charlotte Sophia Alington, nee Bellingham, in County Louth, Ireland. The castle, which today serves as a hotel, is on a raised piece of land overlooking a stream or river, with steps leading down toward tree-filled parkland. A statue of a man stands on a plinth at the bottom of the steps. On the verso of this is another watercolour sketch of a bearded man wearing a turban and a long robe. A woman's face is sketched at the top of the card. These works might be attributed to Hester Maud Alington. The sketch on the verso is very similar to another watercolour made, and attributed to 'Aunt Maude', of her father William Herbert Alington in fancy dress (A-446-024) Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - For Louie [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, 175 x 190 mm Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: ca 1860s

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Rocke, James Harwood, active 1864-1870

Reference: PA1-o-346

Description: Chiefly photographs of Ireland and New Zealand (particularly Auckland). Appears to have been compiled by an Irish officer with the Imperial forces during the 1860s. Among the New Zealand views are photographs taken by John Kinder and Lieutenant-Colonel J H Rocke, 18th Royal Irish Regiment Photographs of people are not identified in the album, but have been identified by comparison with other photographs, and include Judge William Martin and his wife, and Governor Gore Browne and his family. Photographs by J H Rocke are apparently those of countryside around Auckland Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cloth bound album; 24.0 x 19.5 cm

Date: 1899

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Irish sketchbook]

Reference: E-362-q-016

Description: The round tower of a castle, seen amidst trees and lawns. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing in sketchbook 190 x 280 mm

Date: 1899

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Irish sketchbook]

Reference: E-362-q-021

Description: The square tower of a castle, seen beyond an arched bridge, surrounded by trees. Possibly part of the property called Foulkescourt, described on the opposite page of the sketchbook (E-362-q-020) or a view of Ballach Castle seen on p. 24 (E-362-q-024) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing in sketchbook 190 x 280 mm

Date: 1899

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Irish sketchbook]

Reference: E-362-q-009

Description: The round tower of a castle, seen amidst trees and lawns. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing in sketchbook 190 x 280 mm

Date: 1899

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Irish sketchbook]

Reference: E-362-q-023/024

Description: The square tower of a castle, seen in a park landscape. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title and date; also on opposite page: Ballagh Castle, Queen's co., near Lisduff ... built by the Fitzpatricks Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing in sketchbook 190 x 280 mm

Date: 1925 - 1927

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: 1/4-100273-F

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams, during his travels of Europe with his wife Lydia. Shows tourists walking up path to ruined castle tower, gardeners on slope below, at Ross Castle, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative