A collection of 19th century illustrations depicting historic Irish sites

This blog post contains a selection of excellent 19th century illustrations of historic Irish sites. They were produced by William Henry Bartlett, a noted British artist, who was born in London in 1809. He specialised in landscape drawings and had a particular fondness for ancient monuments, which he often incorporated into his images. Bartlett visited Ireland during the 1830s and while here produced a fine collection of engravings that were subsequently published in ‘The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland‘. A number of these images are shown below.

Rock of cashel 19th century — **The Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary**

Clonmacnoise 19th century — **Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly**

the custom house dublin — **The Custom House, Dublin**

lighthouse, south bull wall dublin — **Lighthouse on the South Bull Wall, Dublin Port**

**Claregalway castle and abbey, Co. Galway**

Johns Castle Limerick — **King John’s Castle, Limerick city**

Limerick 19th century — **A view of Limerick city**

19th century image of Galway — **Galway city viewed from the Claddagh**

Glendalough 19th century — **Glendalough, Co. Wicklow**

19th century Waterford city — **A view of Waterford city**

Reginalds tower waterford — **Reginald’s Tower, Waterford city**

4 thoughts on “19th century depictions of Ireland by William H. Bartlett”

Small typo!..its king John’s Castle, not St. John’s

Colm says:

May 12, 2014 at 3:18 pm

Thanks! corrected now 🙂

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Hi. I am working on a documentary which involves Limerick and Galway in 1700/1800s.
Are the images of old Limerick and Galway belonging to you? I would be very interested in using them for my film.
Regards
Des Kilbane

Bartlett also did lots of scenes in Ontario and Quebec.

19th century depictions of Ireland by William H. Bartlett

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