David J Griffin selects an engraving, after a design by James Gandon, illustrating Edward Smyth’s stucco work for the Four Courts from the collection of the Irish Architectural Archive
I have chosen this exquisite engraving for the information it provides on Edward Smyth’s (1749-1812) now destroyed plasterwork for the Four Courts in Dublin. A similar proposed section, a drawing by James Gandon (1742-1823) survives in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland
