Castle Ward: The Gothic Front
Jonathan Fisher (d. Dublin 1809)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1760 - circa 1770
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
794 x 1245 mm (31 1/4 x 49 in)
Place of origin
County Down
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836132
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Castle Ward: The Gothic Front by Jonathan Fisher (fl. Dublin 1763 - Dublin 1809), circa 1760-70. View of Castle Ward as seen from Audley's Castle. Two figures bottom right, Dickinson's Island and Old Castle Ward in mid ground. The house is seen in the distance on rising ground beyond the lake, looking west form Portaferry.
Provenance
Purchased from Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (1903 – 1993), in 1967, with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund
Makers and roles
Jonathan Fisher (d. Dublin 1809), artist
References
Crookshank 1978 Anne Crookshank & The Knight of Glin, The Painters of Ireland, c. 1660-1920, 1978, p. 137