Live Auction 6899THE IRISH SALE
John Nixon (1750-1818)
Lot 75

John Nixon (1750-1818)

The Linen Hall, Belfast

Price Realised

GBP 1,912

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John Nixon (1750-1818)
The Linen Hall, Belfast
signed and dated 'J Nixon 1790' (lower left) and numbered '138' (on the mount) and inscribed 'Linen Hall at Belfast' (on the reverse)
pencil, grey ink and watercolour, unframed
7 5/8 x 11¼ in. (19.3 x 28.5 cm.)

with Green's Antiques, Dublin, where purchased by the present owners.

Specialist note

The White Linen Hall was built in 1785 and symbolised the growing eminence of the Belfast linen trade as it superceded Dublin during the closing years of the eighteenth century. The Linen Hall was demolished in 1896 in order to make way for the present day City Hall.