Window mounted watercolour painting of Carrick-A-Rede with the fishermen’s cottage and Rathlin visible. This painting comes from an album dated 1838, …

Window mounted watercolour painting of Carrick-A-Rede with the fishermen’s cottage and Rathlin visible. This painting comes from an album dated 1838, …

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Window mounted watercolour painting of Carrick-A-Rede with the fishermen's cottage and Rathlin visible. This painting comes from an album dated 1838, made by Marcus Ward & Co, Belfast and is intialled "W.Mc.I.", presumably Dr William McIlwaine, Rector of St George's Church, Belfast. He was a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and was a contributor to "Kottabos". He published a volume of Sacred Irish Poetry which Oscar Wilde contributed in 1879, as well as other secular poetry including "A Vision of Italy" in 1860.

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