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Francis Place , English, 1647-1728

Title

Dublin from Phoenix Park

Date1698

MediumInk, wash, and watercolour on paper

Dimensions

27.5 × 45.3 cm

Credit LinePurchased, 1972 (Shaw Fund)

Object numberNGI.7516

DescriptionFrancis Place was an English artist who visited Ireland in 1698. He landed in Drogheda and travelled south, leaving from the port of Waterford in 1699. This prospect or view of Dublin, taken from Thomas's Hill where the Magazine Fort now stands, is one of nineteen drawings by Place in the National Gallery of Ireland's collection.
Inscriptionupper left (in graphite): Hill of Hoth
centre (under image, in the artist's hand, in ink): Dublin from the Park beside the House called the Phenix.
Exhibition HistoryIrish Watercolours and Drawings, McMullen Museum of Art Boston College, Boston, 4 October 1993 – 5 December 1993