Title
The Pantheon Phusitechnikon, St Stephen's Green, DublinDate1808
MediumInk, graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
21.6 x 22.7 cm
Signedlower right: T Badge
Credit LinePurchased, 1983
Object numberNGI.19181
DescriptionThomas Badge, a Dublin Society pupil, made a living principally as an engraver, despite having won awards for drawing in 1798 and 1799. In 1798, William Binns, an ironmonger, rebuilt what is now 25 and 26 St. Stephen's Green as a house with a toy and fancy goods shop, at the back of which, in Kildare Street, he erected a tower with 'gazebo' on top. The business ceased in 1816, when the stock and contents of the shop were auctioned. The whole premises, known as the Pantheon Phusitechnikon was later demolished.InscriptionPaper watermarked: J. Whatman 1808
lower centre (under image):Pantheon Phusitechnikon/ Stephen's Green, Dublin
ProvenancePurchased, Cynthia O'Connor and Co., Ltd., December 1983 Exhibition HistoryAcquisitions 1982-83, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1983