The Judge Paul Carney collection of Berenger watercolours at the Royal Irish Academy Library now available on the VRTI.

On Thursday 15 October the Virtual Treasury joined in celebrating the donation of the Judge Paul Carney collection of watercolours by Gabriel Beranger (c. 1729 – 1817) to the Royal Irish Academy Library.

Dr Eamon Darcy, Maynooth University, speaking on Gabriel Beranger and his connections.

This largest private collection of Beranger’s work was donated by the Carney family to the RIA, allowing everyone to share these wonderful depictions of Irish landscapes and antiquities. (RIA O/1/2/1).

The entire Judge Paul Carney Collection is also available on the Virtual Treasury, where you can see images from Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon to Blarney Castle, in Co. Cork.

Detail from Beranger’s painting of Timoleague

Two roundels showing the Castle at Carrick-on-Suir and Holy Cross Abbey.

To read more about Beranger and is career in Ireland read Eamon Darcy’s Hidden Story ‘My ingenious friend’: Gabriel Beranger’s watercolour sketches.