An 18th century group portrait of the Dublin Hellfire Club by James Worsdale (1692-1767), an Irish and English portrait painter. The club met on Mountpelier Hill in the Dublin Mountains, originally constructed as a hunting lodge in 1725. The Hell Fire Club was an informal body, about whom many myths were created especially around the old lodge. Most of the stories involved satanic rites and general debauchery, and a chair left vacant at each gathering for the

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Size: 4629px × 3660px
Location: Dublin City, Ireland
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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