Andrew Nicholl, Irish, 1804-1886
Title: View of Bray Head and Killiney Bay with Steam Train
Date: c.1857
Medium: Watercolour and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
34 x 50.5 cm
Credit Line: Purchased, 2014
Object Number: NGI.2014.3
DescriptionThis atmospheric watercolour is typical of Nicholl's mature style. He uses light watercolour washes with scraping out to delineate the clear sky and mossy foreground rock and cattle. The view depicts the rural landscape of south Dublin with the train indicated by a plume of smoke in the middle distance. This watercolour is of significance as it depicts part of the Dublin to Wicklow wailway built by engineer William Dargan (1799-1867), the key figure behind the foundation of the National Gallery of Ireland in 1854. He built most the line from Harcourt Street to Wicklow and was succesively contractor, investor, board member and finally (in 1864) chairman of the railway company.

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