24/09/2024
The Irish Georgian Society, in partnership with Dublin city Council's Heritage office, are running a series of 10 brilliant talks,
starting Very soon now: next TUES, the 1st of October.
The talks all deal in different ways, with how Dublin has been depicted through time in different historic sources, ranging from old maps from the 16- and 1700s, to old paintings and engravings, to vintage photography.
I am delighted to be involved.
Speakers overall include Dr Joseph Brady, Paul Ferguson, Dr Orla FitzPatrick, Rob Goodbody, Arran Henderson, Graham Hickey, William Laffan, Professor Colm Lennon, Dr Kathryn Milligan and Dr John Montague.
Topics include everything from the original maps of the Commissioners for Wide and Convenient Streets, to the 1840s OS series, to the legendary prints of Georgian Dublin created by James Malton.
Personally I will be tackling four fascinating 19th century artists - H.W Brewer, James Mahony, John Smith and Daniel Heffernan - who all depicted Dublin from above, in a series of wonderful but very diverse "Bird's- Eye View" images.
The image featured in my picture here) is a small area of detail taken from H.W. Brewer's wonderful "Bird's Eye View of Dublin" created for "the London Graphic" newspaper in 1890.
The whole image is a heady mix of virtuoso draftsmanship, combined with some truly outrageous artistic license!
I'll be discussing all that in more detail on the night.
The talks, starting 6.30PM each early Tuesday evening, can be attended in-person, at the beautiful IGS headquarters on South William Street, or online, whether live, or recorded, or both.
All further details, and the all-important tickets are on the website (the Events Page) of the Irish Georgian Society.
See you there, or online.
But don't miss this wonderful series.