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William Boyton Kirk
William Boyton Kirk (29 May 1824 – 5 July 1900) was an Irish artist, writer and clergyman. Life William Boyton Kirk was born on 29 May 1824 in Dublin. He was the second son of the sculptor Thomas Kirk (sculptor), Thomas Kirk. He trained under his father, and then went on to study at the Royal Dublin Society, Dublin Society school in 1839. He entered Trinity College Dublin in 1845, but left without a degree. He exhibited with the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) for the first time in 1844, becoming an associate member in 1850. Among his notable works is the figure of Justice on the Crumlin Road Courthouse, Belfast courthouse. For Royal Worcester, Worcester china, he designed the "Shakespeare" dessert service which was exhibited at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853. From 1848 to 1857, he designed for Belleek Pottery, Belleek porcelain. He illustrated an 1853 edition of Shakespeare's ''Midsummer night's dream''. He married Sarah Watson Mahony, daughter of Denis Fitzgerald Mahony, Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kings of Dublin, Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
