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Hannah Tighe , Irish, 1800-1872

Title

View of the River Blackwater near Lismore, Co. Waterford

Date1814

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 22.9 × 28.2 cm

Credit LinePurchased, 2021

Object numberNGI.2021.155.9

DescriptionView taken from the riverbank towards the opposite bank, with two people in a rowboat on the water. It may be a view taken from the gardens of Ballyin House, a popular place to visit from the eighteenth century
Inscriptionlower left: The Black-Water at Ballene (indistinct) Co. of Waterford
ProvenanceSold at Bloomsbury Auctions, London, July 12, 2013; Purchased, 2021