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.
![The Rock of Cashel](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/The-Rock-of-Cashel.jpg)
![Rock of cashel 19th century](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Rock-of-cashel-19th-century.jpg)
![Clonmacnoise 19th century](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Clonmacnoise-19th-century.jpg)
![Clonmacnoise](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Clonmacnoise.jpg)
![the custom house dublin](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/the-custom-house-dublin.jpg)
![lighthouse, south bull wall dublin](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lighthouse-south-bull-wall-dublin.jpg)
![Claregalway castle](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Claregalway-castle.jpg)
![Johns Castle Limerick](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Johns-Castle-Limerick.jpg)
![Limerick 19th century](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Limerick-19thj-century.jpg)
![19th century image of Galway](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/19th-century-print-of-Galway-city.jpg)
![Glendalough 19th century](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Glendalough-19th-century.jpg)
![19th century Waterford city](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/19th-century-Waterford-city.jpg)
![Reginalds tower waterford](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Reginalds-tower-waterford.jpg)
Small typo!..its king John’s Castle, not St. John’s
Thanks! corrected now 🙂
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.