Title: 1854-2004 :
Authors: Somerville-Large, Peter.; National Gallery of Ireland.
Date: 2004
Publisher: National Gallery Of Ireland,
Physical description: 477 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language: English
LC class: N
Contents: Opening day -- Moves to create a gallery for Ireland -- Fixing a site on Leinster Lawn -- From Dargan Committee to Irish Institution -- The parliamentary bill and Marsh's library saga -- Battle of five architects -- Initial acquisitions and Aducci pictures -- Preparations for the opening -- Developments during the 1860s -- Everyday business and the loss of the first registrar -- The indispensable Lord Powerscourt -- Opening a national portrait gallery -- Running affairs in the 1890s -- The Milltown gift -- Bequests and bargains -- Modern art for Dublin -- A whirlwind year -- Events to the Easter rising -- The gallery at war -- Hugh Lane's legacy -- Adapting to the new state -- 'One of the great collections' -- Optimism and despair -- Chester Beatty and great expectations -- More gifts from Bernard Shaw -- The Sweeney bequest and Beit gift -- Full circle: building and acquisitions -- The Millennium Wing.