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Actions	Prints of George IV visit to Ireland Remove from selection Add to selection TitlePrints of George IV visit to Ireland Reference2021/059- Date 1823 Creator John Lushington Reilly +- Date of Birth: 1775 Date of death: 1840 History/Biography: artist and amateur architect Digital reference: https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/4495 Robert Havell +- Date of Birth: 1769 Date of death: 1832 History/Biography: print maker and publisher, of London Scope and ContentTwo large aquatint engravings depicting the visit of George IV to Dublin in 1821. The first show the entry of the King into Dublin on 17 August 1821 and the second his embarkation from Dun Laoghaire on 3 September 1821. The engravings by Robert Havell (1769-1832) were based on paintings of the scenes by Joseph Haverty RHA (1794-1864) which were in turn based on contemporaneous sketches by John Lushington Reilly. The published views bear inscriptions dedicating them to George IV by Reilly. Extent2 framed prints (390mm x 600mm) Physical descriptionFramed prints. No glass in frames. LanguageEnglish Archival historyPurchased at the Homan Potterton Collection sale, Adam’s Auctioneers, 7 September 2021, by the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland, and donated to the Irish Architectural Archive Level of descriptionfonds Hierarchy browser 2021/059- Prints of George IV visit to Ireland 1823 fonds contains 2 parts

TitlePrints of George IV visit to Ireland

Reference2021/059-

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1823

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Scope and ContentTwo large aquatint engravings depicting the visit of George IV to Dublin in 1821. The first show the entry of the King into Dublin on 17 August 1821 and the second his embarkation from Dun Laoghaire on 3 September 1821. The engravings by Robert Havell (1769-1832) were based on paintings of the scenes by Joseph Haverty RHA (1794-1864) which were in turn based on contemporaneous sketches by John Lushington Reilly. The published views bear inscriptions dedicating them to George IV by Reilly.

Extent2 framed prints (390mm x 600mm)

Physical descriptionFramed prints. No glass in frames.

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyPurchased at the Homan Potterton Collection sale, Adam’s Auctioneers, 7 September 2021, by the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland, and donated to the Irish Architectural Archive

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