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    ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERICK HOLLAND MARES

    'Muckross Abbey, Killarney'

    c.1860

    Albumen print | 7.4 x 7.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2320101

    Photograph of a view of the remains of the rectory and kitchen at Muckross Abbey, Killarney. The photograph is taken from the south-west. The damaged structure is covered with ivy to the extent the building is largely obscured. There are a small number of gravestones near the building. The foreground is dominated by ferns.

    • Creator(s)

      Attributed to Frederick Holland Mares (photographer)

      Attributed to James Simonton (photographer)

    • 7.4 x 7.0 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
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Home economics
          • The Home
            • Kitchens
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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