Object number1986.42.96
Blarney Castle, Ireland
Datec.1890-1900
Artist
Benneville Lloyd Singley
(American, 1864-1938)
CultureAmerican
MediumAlbumen print mounted on card
DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 x 6 in. (7.9 x 15.2 cm)
Mount: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)
Mount: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Winston and Jeffrey Adler Collection of 19th Century Photography
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c / 20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn mount, printed left [vertically]: Keystone View Company, / Manufacturers and Publishers.; printed lower right edge below image: 2503 - Blarney Castle, Ireland.; printed right [vertically]: Meadville, Pa. St. Louis, Mo. / Copyright 1899 , by B. L. Lingley; on verso, printed left [vertically]: 2,503 Das Blarney Schloß in Irland. / Il Castello di Blarney, Irlanda. / Château de Blarney, Irlande. / Castillo de Blarney, Irlanda. / Blarney Castel, Irland. / Blarney slott, Irland.; printed center: (19) / "There is a stone there, / That whoever kisses, / Oh! he never misses / To grow eloquent" - Father Prout. / This ivy covered ruin is situated about 6 miles from the city of Cork and was erected in the fifteenth century by Cor- / mack McCarthy. This photograph shows the "Blarney Stone" / which is renowned throughout the world for its power to endow / the person who kisses it with such persuasive eloquence that / no lady can resist him.; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: VCAG 86.42.88
BibliographyBrier, Jessica D.. On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc., 2022, pl. 3 Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryOn the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 20 - December 22, 2022DescriptionTwo sepia colored images of the top of a castle with the lower half hidden by trees.
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Benneville Lloyd Singley
c.1890-1900
Culture: American
Benneville Lloyd Singley
c.1890-1900
Culture: American
