Domestic Architecture of Georgian Dublin Collection


Selection of 35mm slides from the collection of the School of Art History and Cultural Policy, focusing on the domestic architecture of eighteenth-century Dublin.

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Henrietta Street, No. 7: stairhall (upper level)


Henrietta Street, No. 7: stairhall (upper level)

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St Stephen's Green, No. 17: stairhall, view to first floor landing


St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 17 built 1776-79 by Gustavus Hume for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. Decorated by the Dublin stuccodore Michael Stapleton: drawings for the interiors form part of the Stapleton Collection at the National Library of Ireland.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 17: stairhall, view towards rear of house


St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 17 built 1776-79 by Gustavus Hume for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. Decorated by the Dublin stuccodore Michael Stapleton: drawings for the interiors form part of the Stapleton Collection at the National Library of Ireland.

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Belvedere House: ceiling plasterwork (detail)


Begun in 1765 and completed in 1786 for George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere. Designs for the interiors are contained in the Stapleton collection of drawings in the National Library of Ireland.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 17: stairhall, general view of upper storey


St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 17 built 1776-79 by Gustavus Hume for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. Decorated by the Dublin stuccodore Michael Stapleton: drawings for the interiors form part of the Stapleton Collection at the National Library of Ireland.

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Marlborough Street, Tyrone House: stairhall


Designed in 1740 by Richard Castle for Marcus Beresford, Viscount Tyrone. Plasterwork in the stair hall is attributed to Lafranchini stuccodores.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 56: tympanum at first floor landing


The house was built in c1760 for Usher St George, created Lord St George in 1763. The plasterwork is attributed to Robert West. Elements of its iconography derive from engravings after the French C18 artists Francois Boucher and Claude Audran.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 17: ceiling of stairhall


St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 17 built 1776-79 by Gustavus Hume for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. Decorated by the Dublin stuccodore Michael Stapleton: drawings for the interiors form part of the Stapleton Collection at the National Library of Ireland.

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Marlborough Street, Tyrone House: stairhall


Designed in 1740 by Richard Castle for Marcus Beresford, Viscount Tyrone. Plasterwork in the stair hall is attributed to Lafranchini stuccodores.

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Marlborough Street, Tyrone House: staircase


Designed in 1740 by Richard Castle for Marcus Beresford, Viscount Tyrone. Plasterwork in the stair hall is attributed to Lafranchini stuccodores.

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Belvedere House: stairhall plasterwork


Begun in 1765 and completed in 1786 for George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere. Designs for the interiors are contained in the Stapleton collection of drawings in the National Library of Ireland.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 56: plasterwork in stairhall


The house was built in c1760 for Usher St George, created Lord St George in 1763. The plasterwork is attributed to Robert West. Elements of its iconography derive from engravings after the French C18 artists Francois Boucher and Claude Audran.

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Parnell Square, No. 4: stairhall


Built by Henry Darley c.1755 and sold to Ralph Howard, 1st Lord Wicklow.

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Marlborough Street, Tyrone House: stairhall


Designed in 1740 by Richard Castle for Marcus Beresford, Viscount Tyrone. Plasterwork in the stair hall is attributed to Lafranchini stuccodores.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 56: plasterwork detail in stairhall


The house was built in c1760 for Usher St George, created Lord St George in 1763. The plasterwork is attributed to Robert West. Elements of its iconography derive from engravings after the French C18 artists Francois Boucher and Claude Audran.

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Belvedere House: ceiling plasterwork (detail)


Begun in 1765 and completed in 1786 for George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere. Designs for the interiors are contained in the Stapleton collection of drawings in the National Library of Ireland.

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Henrietta Street, No. 9: view of first floor landing


Henrietta Street, No. 9: view of first floor landing

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Henrietta Street, No. 9: stairhall


Henrietta Street, No. 9: stairhall

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Henrietta Street, No. 7: stairhall


Henrietta Street, No. 7: stairhall

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