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Cecilia Margaret Nairn
Cecilia Margaret Nairn (1791 – 4 June 1857) was an Irish people, Irish wax sculpture, wax modeller and painter. She specialised in landscape watercolour paintings and modelling flowers. Nairn's paintings were exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1826 to 1851. Career She was a pupil of her father John Henry Campbell (painter), John Henry Campbell, himself a painter. At the age of eighteen, she began to showcase her work through various exhibits. In 1809, she sent her work to the exhibition on Hawkins Street in Dublin to be viewed; she continually contributed to this exhibit until 1821. After this time, she sporadically contributed her work to the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1826 to 1847 in the towns of Killarney and Wicklow. The Ulster Museum hold a number of her watercolours. Life and death Nairn was born in Dublin in 1791. She had two brothers, John and Charles. John lived in Belfast and was a designer of damask and linen patterns, and Charles was an army offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( ga, Muintir na hÉireann or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history and culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while England's 16th/17th century conquest and colonisation of Ireland brought many English and Lowland Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Ireland) and Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom). The people of Northern Ireland hold various national identities including British, Irish, Northern Irish or som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
