Ross Castle, Killarney

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Hubert Cornish was a lawyer from Devon, who also became an accomplished painter of landscapes in watercolour. Most of his work was inspired by rural and coastal scenes in Devon. Cornish travelled through England and Wales and painted landscapes in Somerset, Denbighshire (north-east Wales) and the Lake District. He may be the Hubert Cornish who died at about the age of 55 at his seat at Black Hall, in Devon, in 1832.

Places

Ireland, Lough Leane, County Kerry, Ross Castle

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, landscape C19th, mountain, river, man, castle, ruin, oar

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Hubert Cornish (c1770 - 1832)

Title

Ross Castle, Killarney

Date

5 September 1809

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 24.00 cm, width: 33.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, March 1971

Inscription

Inscribed on verso, dated 5 September 1809

GAC number

9181