Lot 254: Nathaniel Grogan Snr. 1740 - 1807 Bartholomew

Nathaniel Grogan Snr. 1740 - 1807 Bartholomew O'Sullivan's Paper Manufactory, Ironworks and Foundry at Beechmount, near Dripsey, Co. Cork, " O.O.C., approx. 36" x 48" (91.5cms x 122cms), in contemporary gilt frame." * An engraved version of this picture is held at Cork Public Museum, see Literature " Bygone Industries of Blarney and Dripsey, " in Journal of The Cork Historical Archaeological Society, 1984." An extremely important contemporary record of a landmark Cork Industry, which employed up to 2500 people, in the depressed times of early 19th Century Ireland. (1)