"Crum Castle, Lord Erne's Place, Lough Erne"

Date

circa 1890

Artist/Maker

Thurlow, Edward Hovell

Place

[Crom, Co. Fermanagh]

Technique

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

Height: 15cm
Width: 35cm

Caption

The 17th century Crom Castle is shown in ruins on the right, a building which the Crichton family probably continued to occupy until it was destroyed by fire in 1764. According to tradition, Abraham Crichton was attending a house warming party in Florence Court, when he saw the fire at Crom lighting up the sky. On the left, rising above the horizon, is the present Crom Castle, built for the Crichton family in 1838 by the English architect Edward Blore and rebuilt, after a fire, in 1841, by Dublin architect George Sudden. The watercolorist and garden designer, William Sawrey Gilpin designed the park of the new castle, and may also have embellished the gardens and bawn of the old castle.

Credit

Purchased with assistance from the Museum Friends

Object number

FCM_1985_023