Important Irish Art
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Robert Lowe Stopford (1813-1898)
A Panoramic View of Cahersiveen, County Kerry with the Daniel O’Connell Memorial Church
Watercolour and bodycolour, 36 x 96cm (14 x 37¾“)
An undated newspaper cutting from the Cork Constitution attached to the reverse of the work, attests to the contempo-
rary success of the painting: “
We have been shown a watercolour landscape just executed by Mr R Stopford, of this city. It repre-
sents the town and Bay of Cahirciveen, showing from the telegraph station at Valentia to the remains of the house in which Daniel
O‘Connell was born, the proposed new church which Canon Brosnan is endeavouring to get built to the memory of O‘Connell. Also,
the residences of The Knight of Kerry, Messrs Blennerhasset and Mahony - the long bridge to the Protestant Church and Police Bar-
racks, the whole forming one of the most pleasing works that we have yet seen from this well known artist. The landscape has found
a ready purchaser at a good figure”.
€4,000 - 6,000
(See Detail of painting on pg 135)
