Marsh's Library
Artist
Walter Frederick Osborne
(1859 - 1903)
Date1898
MediumOil on board
Dimensions35.6 × 26 cm
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Bequeathed by Mrs J. H. Twigg through her nephew Surgeon Captain F. J. D. Twigg, 1937.
Object number800
DescriptionMarsh's library which adjoins St.Patricks Cathedral is the oldest public library in Ireland and was opened by Archbishop Narcissus March in 1701, in building designed by Sir William Robinson. The library holds regular exhibitions to display it's treasure s from a stock of over 25,000 volumes, many of which date from the 15th century. Books which belonged to Archbishop Laud and to Isaac Casaubon are included in the collection. Dean Swift's copy of Clarendon's "History of the Great rebellion" with Swift's pencilled notes may also be seen. The interior design of the library is preserved in its original layout and contains cages in to which readers were locked when consulting the rare booksOn View
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