George Petrie
, Irish, 1790-1866
Title
Gougane Barra Lake with the Hermitage of Saint Finbarr, County CorkDatec.1831
MediumWatercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.9 x 39.7 cm
Signedlower right: [...] Geo. Petrie. R.H.A.
Credit LineBequeathed, Miss Annie Callwell, 1904
Object numberNGI.6028
DescriptionThe small, deep lake at Gougane Barra is the source of the River Lee. Petrie creates a romantic scene by depicting the oratory of St Finbarr silhouetted by a shaft of light. In the nineteenth century when the Penal Laws prohibited the public celebration of Catholic services the faithful travelled for miles to hear Mass in the isolated church.InscriptionInscribed and To my friend R. Callwell by Geo. Petrie. R.H.A.Exhibited 1831
Exhibition HistoryJames Arthur O'Connor, The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, November-December 1985; The Ulster Museum, Belfast, February-March 1986; Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, March-April 1986
Irish Watercolours and Drawings, McMullen Museum of Art Boston College, Boston, 4 October 1993 – 5 December 1993
Oidhreacht: Transforming Tradition, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, 13 June 2019 - 14 September 2019