The National Library of Ireland recently acquired an album of thirty-six watercolours and prints made by James Cavanah Murphy in Portugal between 1789 and 1790. Michael McCarthy recalls the career and travels of this unusual draughtsman
Barbara Hodges recalls the artists commissioned to create first-hand impressions of the pioneering cable communications project between Ireland’s Valentia Island and America
Philip McEvansoneya looks at two versions of George Petrie’s The Last Circuit of the Pilgrims at Clonmacnoise, the first of which was commissioned for Sophia Haldimand in 1828
Nicola Gordon Bowe examines a rare collection of Harry Clarke’s first published illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales
Audrey Whitty investigates the history of a newly discovered sketchbook by Jack B Yeats given to philanthropist and collector Albert Bender in 1934
Anne Hodge previews a collaborative exhibition featuring contemporary prints by Graphic Studio Dublin, whose point of inspiration was the permanent collection at the National Gallery of Ireland
Rosemarie Devereux appraises the visual content of A Celtic Christmas, a supplement to AE’s The Irish Homestead