Re: Re: ‘Dutch Billys’
Nobody think that the College Green drawing could be a late 1720s artist’s impression [by the architect] of the proposed new Parliament House??
A couple of things do suggest an early 18th century date:
. . . . the inclusion of the old awkward wall and railings boundary to the front of Trinity which we know was swept away [what year??] to be replaced by the fine arc of ornamental obelisks and chains depicted in the Joseph Tudor view of about 1750
. . . . the Parliment House, in contrast, is shown without it’s arc of railings which I think is regarded as contemporary with the completion of the building?, but which may not have been envisaged at initial design stage.
. . . . some of the Sedan chair porters appear to be wearing broad brimmed hats whereas they would probably have been wearing tricorn hats by mid century.
. . . . anyone know anything about carriage design?
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A small bit of further information on South Anne Street houses [the two slightly ‘Georgianized’ Billys at nos. 27 + 28]
not much evidence of original mouldings or panelling having survived, but the stairs in no. 28 is splendid and intact.
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unrelated.
This is a nice view across ‘Old Dunleary’ harbour to the 18th century inn/coffee house on the rocky outcrop close to where the railway line was soon afterwards laid across the old harbour en-route to ‘Kingstown’.
