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IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 28 NOVEMBER 2016 AT 6PM
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Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974)
ST. AUDEON’S ARCH, COOK STREET, DUBLIN, 1934
oil on panel
signed and dated lower left
12 by 16in. (30.48 by 40.64cm)
Exhibited
‘Catalogue of Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Harry Kernoff, R.H.A.’, Mill’s Hall, Dublin, 1-15 December
1937, catalogue no. 42
Cook Street in the vicinity of Christ Church Cathedral, houses a rather imposing stretch of medieval town
wall. Although much restored in recent years, it marks the line of the original Hiberno-Norse wall, which
was first built c.1100 (according to archaeological dating) not far from the banks of the River Liffey at
high tide. Cook Street is so named as during the thirteenth century, the time of Anglo-Norman
settlement, cooks (the medieval equivalent of fast-food traders), were placed outside the town wall in
order to minimise the danger of fire. Most buildings at this time were made of timber and so at great risk.
A number of gateways were cut through the wall to give access to the new quarter. Of these, the sole
survivor is St Audeon’s Arch, seen here as it appeared in 1934.
€2,000-€3,000 (£1,820-£2,730 approx.)
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