Engraver:
Robert Havell the Elder, English, 1769-1832
Engraver:
Robert Havell the Younger, English, 1793-1878
After Thomas Sautelle Roberts, Irish, 1760-1826
Title: New Post Office, Sackville Street, Dublin
Date: c.1818
Medium: Aquatint and etching with watercolour on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 48.1 x 65.8 cm
Plate: 46.4 x 59.5 cm
Credit Line: Purchased, 1898
Object Number: NGI.11910
DescriptionThis panoramic view of the capital city's grand central thoroughfare was drawn by Thomas Sautelle Roberts sometime after 1818 when Francis Johnston's neo-classical post office opened for business. Engraved by the Robert Havell and Son around 1821, it was published in Dublin by James Del Vecchio who added the dedication to the Post Masters General of Ireland.
InscriptionUnder image: NEW POST OFFICE, SACKVILLE STREET DUBLIN. / This print represents the Magnificent Edifice the New Post Office, the first stone laid by his Excellency Lord Whitworth then Lord Lieutenant in the year 1814 and was opened for business on teh 5th day of Jany. 1818, it embraces a view of Nelson's Pillar, Sackville Street, the Rotunda, Cavendish Row and a distant view of St George's Church &c, &c. / Dedicated by Permission to his Majesty's Post Masters General of Ireland by their respectful and obedient servant /James Del Vecchio / Dublin, Published by Del Vecchio, 26 Westmoreland Street
Lower right: Engraved by R. Havell & Son 3 Chaple Str Tottenham Court Road
Lower right: Engraved by R. Havell & Son 3 Chaple Str Tottenham Court Road