Visions of an Ireland that isn’t coming back. Landscapes by Bartholomew Colles Watkins, R.H.A. Living from 1833 to 1891, he studied at the Royal Dublin Society.

Cloon Lake, Glencar, County Kerry, Ireland. Undated, by 1891. Irish, Oil on canvas. Bartholomew Colles Watkins, painter (1833-1891). Image © 2022 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/irish-art/cloon-lake-glencar-co-kerry

Connemara. Undated, by 1891. Irish, Oil on canvas. Bartholomew Colles Watkins, painter (1833-1891). Collections and image © The Haworth Arg Gallery. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/connemara-150832/search/keyword:bartholomew-colles-watkins–referrer:global-search

Ecclesiastical Ruins on Inniscaltra, or Holy Island, Lough Derg, County Galway, after Sunset. ca. 1863. Irish. Oil on canvas. Bartholomew Colles Watkins, painter (1833-1891). Collections of and image © National Museums Northern Ireland. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/ecclesiastical-ruins-on-inniscaltra-or-holy-island-lough-derg-co-galway-after-sunset-this-island-is-one-of-great-historic-interest-petrie-117828/search/keyword:bartholomew-colles-watkins–referrer:gl