Object number
TN.2017.67
Title
Ireland’s Royal Brighton Gardens
Date
1827
Creator
Production notes
The gardens opened on 1st May 1823 and were sold by James Ireland in 1826or publisherPublished c 1827 according to Christie's website. Check Ford entries for dates
Material
Size
w x ht: 24.8 x 15 cm
Description
Engraving. Print of a colour painting. ‘Ireland’s Royal Brighton Gardens’. View from a hill above a walled cricket pitch. Spectators in foreground, including two women in a single horse carriage. Large building on left before a garden. Squash or racquet court on left, with men playing bowls or boule in foreground. Hill in background. Title below.
Smaller, black and white engraving of this in Ford 15 pg 7
Also unconfirmed copies in Ford 9 pgs 20 & 50
Card index lists 2 coloured reproductions of this print.
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