A group of forty-three views of Irish antiquities and landscapes including; Three views of Ballynahinch, Connemara (one illustrated, a); Three views of Clonfert Church, Co. Galway; Clonfert House, Co. Galway; Kilboy Co., Tipperary (illustrated, b); Newcastle Church and Parsonage, Co. Kildare; Castle Bernard, King's Co.; Three views of Hunstanton, King's Co.; Merlich Abbey, Co. Galway; Streamstown Castle. Co. Galway; Cromwell's Bridge, Glengariff, Co. Cork; Hotel at Glengariff, Co. Cork; O'Sullivan's Cascade, Killarney, Co. Kerry; Lower Lake, Killarney, Co. Kerry; Blackstream Bridge, Gap of Dunlo; Boss Castle from Innisfallan, Co. Kerry; Muckross Abbey, Killarney, Co. Kerry; Serpent's Bridge, Gap of Dunlo; Eagles' Nest, Killarney, Co. Kerry; Three views of Kilkee, Co. Clare (one illustrated, c); Bantry, Co. Cork; Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin; Holy Well, Clanmacnoise (illustrated, d); O' McLaughlin's Castle, Clanmacnoise; Three views of Clanmacnoise (one illustrated, e); Monkstown Castle, Cork; Two views of Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow; Kingstown Harbour, Dublin; Bridges of Roff, Co. Clare; Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare; Old Weir Bridge, Killarney (illustrated, f)

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Adelaide Louisa Burdett, 19th Century
A group of forty-three views of Irish antiquities and landscapes including; Three views of Ballynahinch, Connemara (one illustrated, a); Three views of Clonfert Church, Co. Galway; Clonfert House, Co. Galway; Kilboy Co., Tipperary (illustrated, b); Newcastle Church and Parsonage, Co. Kildare; Castle Bernard, King's Co.; Three views of Hunstanton, King's Co.; Merlich Abbey, Co. Galway; Streamstown Castle. Co. Galway; Cromwell's Bridge, Glengariff, Co. Cork; Hotel at Glengariff, Co. Cork; O'Sullivan's Cascade, Killarney, Co. Kerry; Lower Lake, Killarney, Co. Kerry; Blackstream Bridge, Gap of Dunlo; Boss Castle from Innisfallan, Co. Kerry; Muckross Abbey, Killarney, Co. Kerry; Serpent's Bridge, Gap of Dunlo; Eagles' Nest, Killarney, Co. Kerry; Three views of Kilkee, Co. Clare (one illustrated, c); Bantry, Co. Cork; Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin; Holy Well, Clanmacnoise (illustrated, d); O' McLaughlin's Castle, Clanmacnoise; Three views of Clanmacnoise (one illustrated, e); Monkstown Castle, Cork; Two views of Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow; Kingstown Harbour, Dublin; Bridges of Roff, Co. Clare; Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare; Old Weir Bridge, Killarney (illustrated, f)
three signed with initials, the majority dated variously from 7 November 1850 to July 24 1865, all inscribed with titles
twenty-four pencil, nineteen pencil and watercolour, some heightened with white, some with scratching out
11 x 7¾ in. (28 x 19.8 cm.); and smaller; the album 15¼ x 11¼ x 2½ in. overall (43)

Provenance

The artist and by descent in the family to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Adelaide Louisa Burdett was the daughter of Arthur Burdett of Great Georges Street, Dublin. She married her cousin John Head Burdett in Hunstanton, King's Co. in 1842 and this album passed to the descendants of her sister Anna who married in 1842 Edward John Collingwood of Lildurn Tower Northumberland. See Burke's Landed Gentry, 1871, for Burdett of Ballymany, Burdett of Hunstanton and Collingwood of Lilburn Tower.

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