. Ireland in London. n the world. Allthe greatest of our artistsare represented here by fineworks—some of them bynumberless examples. No-where, for instance, can Mulready and Maclisebe seen to such advantage as here, and in noother place is there such a miscellaneous collec-tion of Irish art. No more pleasurable task canbe conceived than a visit to the picture-galleriesof the Museum, and a study of the many master-pieces, the products of Irish geniu3, hanging on thewalls. Not only are all the most renowned artists ofIreland in evidence here, but almost every Eng-lish painter of modern times is
. Ireland in London. n the world. Allthe greatest of our artistsare represented here by fineworks—some of them bynumberless examples. No-where, for instance, can Mulready and Maclisebe seen to such advantage as here, and in noother place is there such a miscellaneous collec-tion of Irish art. No more pleasurable task canbe conceived than a visit to the picture-galleriesof the Museum, and a study of the many master-pieces, the products of Irish geniu3, hanging on thewalls. Not only are all the most renowned artists ofIreland in evidence here, but almost every Eng-lish painter of modern times is also representedby one or more pictures. The collections areessentially modern, nearly all the painters belong-ing to the present or the latter half of the lastcentury. The building itself, which is a series of magnifi-cent courts and galleries, was designed by the gifted Irish architect, Capt. F. Fowke, and partly erectedunder his supervision. The principal entrance,however, has a very mean and sordid appearance,. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. and gives little or no idea of the beautywithin. The Museum, in fact, was neverfinished, and the exterior, from the entrance,looks very prosaic, straggling, and unworthy of Ireland in London. 99* its purpose and its designer, having the ap-pearance rather of a succession of warehouses, withan outhouse for entrance, than of what it reallyis—a fine edifice exquisitely adapted to its remarks do not apply to that portion of theMuseum which abuts on Exhibition Road, for ithas there a palatial exterior, proving that had theeminent architect lived to finish it, it would havebeen, externally as well as internally, one of thefinest buildings in London. Entering the Museum, and passing through thefirst court, which is devoted to replicas of variousremarkable monuments, we reach several light andspacious courts, in which some of the most mag-nificent treasures of the country are stored, includ-ing jewellery of all kinds and of all countr
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