Devenish or Devinish Island, Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Elizabeth Josephine Peckover, Mrs James Doyle Penrose (1859-1930)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1877
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
158 x 196 mm
Place of origin
Lough Erne
Order this imageCollection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781328.12
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Devenish or Devinish Island, Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland by Elizabeth Josephine Peckover, Mrs James Doyle Penrose (1859-1930), 1877. Round building with tower. Inscribed in black ink on page 'Devenish Isle'. Devenish or Devinish (from the Irish: Daimhinis, meaning "ox island") is an island in Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. A round tower thought to date from the 12th century is situated on the island, as are the walls of the Oratory of Saint Molaise who established the monastery in the 6th century
Makers and roles
Elizabeth Josephine Peckover, Mrs James Doyle Penrose (1859-1930), artist Priscilla Hannah Peckover (1833-1931), artist and writer