Castleward, County Down - Fisher, Jonathan (Irish painter, active 1763, died 1809) (My University, 2008)
Fisher was a painter and engraver in Ireland, working after the Dutch and Italian landscape painting tradition. He is best known by engravings after his designs, of which a large number were produced during his career.[notes from Irish Paintings in the `National Gallery of Ireland?, 2001]The house depicted in the present painting is Castle Ward, located in County Down, Northern Ireland. The 18th century house is famed for its mixture of Classical and Gothic styles.
Keywords: Castleward; Castle Ward; Architecture, Domestic; Northern Ireland; Landscape; Horses; Art, Irish; Painting, Irish; Landscape painting