"Gems of Irish Scenery: Blarney Castle", before 1881

steroscopic photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Lawrence
Ireland, Dublin; Ireland, Cork
before 1881
paper
overall: 3-1/4 x 6-3/4 in.

Stereoscopic photograph; "Gems of Irish Scenery: Blarney Castle", before 1881; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899), collected on one of his trips to the British Isles; stereoscopic photograph of Blarney Castle, and image that needs to be viewed with a stereoscope; found in the pages of a viewbook titled "THE/ Exhibition Album/ OF/ CORK, BLARNEY/ &/ QUEENSTOWN./ 24 Views"; two images of Blarney Castle are depicted side by side on the front of the card; printed on front of card "GEMS OF IRISH SCENERY/ THE EBLANA SERIES/ by W. LAWRENCE, DUBLIN."; printed on back of the card "BLARNEY CASTLE, CO. CORK./ These ruins, so celebrated in history and song, are situated on/ the Martin Stream, about five and a half miles from Cork, and were/ founded by the MacCarthys, Princes of Desmond, about 1446./ There is a stone there, whoever kisses,/ Oh! he never misses to grow eloquint,/ 'Tis he may clamber to a lady's chamber,/ Or become a mimber of sweet Parliament;/ A clever spouter he'll sure turn out, or/ An out-and-outer to be let alone,/ Don't hope to hinder him, or to bewilder him --/ Sure he's a pilgrim from the Blarney Stone."

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