Friends of the Rotunda - Art at the Rotunda




ART AT THE ROTUNDA HOSPITAL

There are three fine art prints currently available to purchase. Two of the prints are signed lithographs from a limited edition by artist Michael Craig and the other print is a signed photosilkscreen by artist Robert Ballagh.



PRINT NO.1: FRONT FACADE OF THE ROTUNDA HOSPITAL
Lithograph by Michael Craig. Limited Edition of 300, individually numbered and signed. Each print embossed with the Rotunda Hospital's "Mother and Child" seal.


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The artist, Michael Craig presented this Limited Edition Lithograph to the Rotunda Hospital to mark it's 250th Anniversary Celebration.
Founded in 1745 by Dr Bartholomew Mosse, the purpose-built Rotunda Hospital building was designed by Richard Cassells, the famous architect of Leinster House. Mosse leased the site where the Hospital still stands and laid out the "New Gardens" in which, from 1750 onwards, he organised concerts by eminent contemporary european musicians in order to raise funds for the construction of his proposed new lying-in hospital. The Hospital finally opened on 8th December 1757.



PRINT NO.2: BACK FACADE OF THE ROTUNDA HOSPITAL
Lithograph by Michael Craig. Limited Edition of 300, individually numbered and signed. Each print embossed with the Rotunda Hospital's "Mother and Child" seal.


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The artist, Michael Craig presented this Limited Edition Lithograph to the Rotunda Hospital to mark it's 250th Anniversary Celebration.



PRINT NO.3: THE CHAPEL OF THE ROTUNDA HOSPITAL
Signed photosilkscreen print by Robert Ballagh. Each print embossed with the Rotunda Hospital's "Mother and Child" seal. Limited Edition of 300 individually signed and numbered.


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In purely architectural terms, the Chapel of the Rotunda Hospital is unremarkable: it is a square, galleried, Georgian box. The crafstmanship of pews, columns and balustrade though excellent, is representative of the Dublin of the 1750s, the decade in which Dr Bartholomew Mosse built his hospital to the designs of Richard Cassells. Astonishingly, the Palladian calm of the room yields, above the cornice, to a late baroque celebration of maternity. This ceiling by Bartholomew Cramillion reveals sculpture and stuccowork of startling quality. Mosse originally intended painted panels to be put in place however this masterpiece of european plasterwork is a triumphant substitute with its attention to detail and ornamentation.





The Friends of the Rotunda would like to thank the above named Artists for generously donating these Limited Edition Prints to Charity. Income generated from the sale of these Prints benefits the Rotunda Hospital' Annual Research Fund.

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Page last updated: December 2009