Beschreibung:

19th Century Irish School
Signature: with Pyms Gallery label on reverse
Medium: watercolour
Size: 14 x 19in. (35.56 x 48.26cm) Framed Size: 23.50 x 28in. (59.69 x 71.12cm) Condition: Some staining spots visible, centre. Otherwise very good condition. Provenance: Pyms Gallery, London; Private collection In 1819 a new shopping arcade was built to connect College Green with Suffolk Street at a cost of £16,000 including 30 shops on the ground floor. The first floor was fitted out as a bazaar with 200 feet of counters for casual traders. It also housed...Read more In 1819 a new shopping arcade was built to connect College Green with Suffolk Street at a cost of £16,000 including 30 shops on the ground floor. The first floor was fitted out as a bazaar with 200 feet of counters for casual traders. It also housed supper and card rooms, as well as The Sans Pareil Theatre and an art gallery. The arcades cast iron gates were closed each evening at 10pm. In the early hours of the 24th April 1837 clouds of smoke billowed forth from each end and fire then spread quickly throughout the building. The roof had caught fire by the time the first of the fire brigades had arrived. The fire engines were manned by civilians and soldiers assisted by insurance company crews. As the roof crashed down fire spread to the Royal Hotel and other adjacent premises and soon four premises in Suffolk Street together with the hotel and three premises on College Green were burning shells which were pulled down by the artillery regiment who were in attendance for fear of collapse. The extent of damage caused was blamed on the Corporation of Dublin for the lack of water and fire plugs. A view of the fire by William Sadler II (1782-1839), formerly in the collection of the Bank of Ireland, was sold at Adam's as lot 141 for €23,000 on 24 November 2010. A slightly smaller painting called ''The burning of Holmes Emporium'' is in the collection of The National Gallery of Ireland (Ref 1827). Visualise on Your Wall Using Art Visualiser 1. Scan the QR Code / Download Art Visualiser if it's your 1st time 2. Press Visualise On Wall / Aim your phone at your floor while it calibrates * 3. Move your position until it meets the floor and bottom of your wall 4. Click the Pin icon to lock it into place and the painting will appear on your wall 5. You can move the painting around with your finger and move your position to see the painting from different angles * Older mobile devices will require an AR Marker to be downloaded, printed on A4 and positioned on your wall Close