Lot 127: Circle of James Howard Burgess (1817-1890)

Circle of James Howard Burgess (1817-1890)
View of Newry, Co. Down
dated '15. May 1849.' (lower left)
pencil and brown wash heightened with touches of white on grey paper
10¾ x 14½ in. (27.3 x 36.8 cm.)

Laffan, Painting Ireland, 2006, pp. 145-6, pl. 99.

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The town of Newry was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery and is one of Northern Ireland's oldest towns. In 1742 the Newry Canal opened and by 1777 Newry was the fourth largest port in Ireland.