Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERICK HOLLAND MARES
'Muckross Abbey, Killarney'
c.1860Albumen print | 7.4 x 6.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2320099
Photograph of a view comprising of the exterior and interior of Muckross Abbey, Killarney. The photograph is shot looking through the west door of the abbey, into an interior area. In the interior, at the far end of the photograph, is the tomb of the poet Geoffrey O'Donoghue (c.1620-78). There is a man seated inside the abbey. He faces away from the camera and wears dark clothing.
Creator(s)
Attributed to Frederick Holland Mares (photographer)
Attributed to James Simonton (photographer)
Subject(s)
O'Donoghue family7.4 x 6.9 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
- From an album compiled by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ireland
- County Kerry [Ireland]
- Killarney [County Kerry]
- Muckross Abbey [Killarney]
- Killarney [County Kerry]
- County Kerry [Ireland]
- Ireland
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Abbeys
- Christian church architecture
- Churches
- Funerary architecture
- Tombs
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
