PRINTS of Dublin as it would have looked in the late 18th century starred in an interiors sale held in the same modern-day city at Adam’s (20% buyer’s premium).
The set of 25 hand-coloured aquatints were made by James Malton (1761-1803) and formed his seminal work Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin.
Originally published between 1792-97, the prints accurately depict the architecture of Dublin as it underwent an architectural metamorphosis during the 18th century.