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    ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERICK HOLLAND MARES

    'Muckross Abbey, Killarney'

    c.1860

    Albumen print | 7.4 x 6.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2320100

    Photograph of the east window at Muckross Abbey, Killarney. The photograph is taken from the interior. The window is covered in ivy and foliage.

    • Creator(s)

      Attributed to Frederick Holland Mares (photographer)

      Attributed to James Simonton (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      O'Donoghue family

    • 7.4 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]
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Architecture
          • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
            • Abbeys
            • Christian church architecture
              • Churches
            • Funerary architecture
              • Tombs
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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