Life in the Country House in Georgian Ireland

by Patricia McCarthy

Book Overview

A deft interweaving of architectural and social history

For aristocrats and gentry in 18th-century Ireland, the townhouses and country estates they resided in were carefully constructed to accommodate their cultivated lifestyles. Based on new research from Irish national collections and correspondence culled from papers in private keeping, this publication provides a vivid and engaging look at the various ways in which families tailored...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913107000
• ISBN13: 9781913107000
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.6" x 9.7"