Impressions of an Irish Countess: The Photography of Mary Countess of Rosse
David H. Davison
The Birr Scientific Heritage Foundation
English
Texts by Nicholas K. Robinson and Alison Countess of Rosse.
Hardcover
45 pages
290 x 260 mm
1989
ISBN 0948018062
This book is an exploration of the photography of Anglo-Irish photographer Mary Countess of Rosse, who lived in Birr during the 19th century and photographed her relatives as well as members of her community. David H. Davison has been a primary researcher of her work and with this book has helped to bring her early photographic work into the canon.
About the Artist
Mary Countess of Rosse (1813-1885) was born in Yorkshire and married an Anglo-Irish Lord Oxmantown in 1836, bringing her to Ireland. She lived for the rest of her life in Offaly, devoting her spare time to blacksmithing and photography.
(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rosse)
About the Author
David H. Davison is a senior lecturer in photography at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street. A noted architectural photographer, he has illustrated a number of books on Irish architecture and art, the most recent being A Portrait of Irish Medicine; James Gandon, Vitruvius Hibernicus; The Beckett Country – Samuel Beckett’s Ireland; and Sybil Connolly’s In an Irish House.
(source: https://shop.igs.ie/products/impressions-of-an-irish-countess-the-photography-of-mary-countess-of-rosse)
About the Publisher
The Birr Scientific and Heritage Foundation was formed by the 7th Earl of Rosse back in 1985. A fully registered charity with its mission devoted to Preservation and Protection of its rich heritage and to Education and Inspire all those who visit. The charity today trades under the name of Birr Castle Demesne which runs as a visitor attraction and funds the charity through 5 key core funding channels, Admission, Membership, Retail, Grants and Café.
birrcastle.com
(source: https://birrcastle.com/our-charity/)
