This rare Cork oil on canvas by Nathanial Grogan (1740-1807) was acquired by the Crawford Gallery for a hammer price of 12,000 at the Mealy's Mallow Castle sale. (click to enlarge)
THIS important contemporary record of a landmark Cork industry which employed up to 2,500 people in the depressed times of the early 19th century has been acquired by the Crawford Gallery in Cork.
The oil on canvas by Nathanial Grogan senior (1740-1807) was acquired by the Crawford Gallery in Cork at Mealy’s auction of contents from Mallow Castle on April 5 for a hammer price of 12,000.
Measuring 36″ x 48″ it shows Bartholomew O’Sullivan’s Paper Manufactory, Ironworks and Foundry at Beechmount, near Dripsey, Co. Cork.
There is an engraved version of this picture at Cork Public Museum.