The wall lights in situ at Newtown Park House, Co. Dublin, 1947. Courtesy of Irish Architectural Archive
THE NEWTOWN PARK HOUSE WALL LIGHTS, Irish, circa 1775
Width: 16½ in; 42 cm
Depth: 8¾ in; 22.5 cm
A pair of Irish George III giltwood twin-light wall lights.
Note: The wall lights retain much of the original gilding and their original mirror plates and candle arms.
When Edward McGuire took on Newtown Park in 1946 the house was a mere shell and at risk of demolition, the fate of many formerly grand houses in Ireland at the time. As an avid collector of Irish art he filled the restored house with his collection until it was dispersed in 1976.
Provenance
Edward McGuire, Newtown Park House, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland, until 1976;
Private collection, USA.
Literature
Illustrated:
Christie’s, ‘Newtown Park House, Co. Dublin’, sale catalogue, Dublin, 20 September 1976, pl. 3, lot 8; one of the pair illustrated.
Photographed:
In the dining room at Newtown Park House in 1947, Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin.
