| dc.description | The following is a description quoted from 'Ireland Illustrated' which accompanied this image: "The banks of the river Suir are singularly picturesque, from the City of Waterford to the meeting of the three great rivers, when the expanse of water and increase of distance scatter the objects of interest, and break up the landscape. The new line of road to the Packet Harbour of Dunmore, lies on an eminence above the river, and for a considerable length is nearly parallel to its course. Hence, Waterford forms but a single object in the perfect landscape presented to the eye. Its spire, its towers, and spacious buildings are concentrated, and appear embosomed in woods and overhung by hills. The sloping banks of the graceful and majestic river are adorned, for many a mile, with splendid mansions, elegant villas, extensive forests, and sweeping lawns, and its valuable qualities are displayed by the passing of the merchantmen along its surface to the bustling and beautiful quay of Waterford. In the pleasing passage of river scenery represented in this view of the district around this commercial city, the little Church of Christendom, with its graceful spire, occupies a position both prominent and picturesque, standing on the brink of the water, and backed by cultivated and rising grounds. The singular name of the parish affords an exercise for the genius of the witty, who usually style this pretty building, the smallest church in Christendom." (p 63-64) | en |
