Bowdoin College Museum of Art | - Francis Johnston’s Belfrey and Gothic Folly in his Garden, Eccles Street, Dublin

Preview image of work. oil on canvas, Francis Johnston’s Belfrey and Gothic Folly in his Garden, Eccles Street, Dublin 43820

2021.62.46

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Francis Johnston’s Belfrey and Gothic Folly in his Garden, Eccles Street, Dublin

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Artist

Henry Kirchhoffer (Dublin, Ireland, ca. 1781 – 1860, London, England)

Title

Francis Johnston’s Belfrey and Gothic Folly in his Garden, Eccles Street, Dublin

Creation Date

1832

Century

19th century

Dimensions

20 x 21 3/4 in. (50.8 x 55.25 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Creation Place

Europe, England

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Credit Line

Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

Copyright

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Accession Number

2021.62.46

Henry Kirchhoffer successfully exhibited his work, beginning in Cork in 1801 and then in Dublin where he joined the Royal Hibernian Academy. He exhibited this painting there in 1832. Here, Kirchhoffer celebrates Francis Johnston, the noted Irish architect. Seen through a curtained window and across an enclosed garden, the painting’s focal point is the tall Gothic belfrey that Johnston constructed for the purpose of bell ringing. It and its adjacent Gothic structure, however, were not true buildings, but follies—ephemeral structures built of pasteboard.