A Statue of William Shakespeare.
After the Original by Scheemakers.
On Riversdale House, Kilmainham, Dublin. Ireland.
Demolished 1969.
Riversdale House, probably originally had Dutch Billy gables, and was constructed entirely in stone rather than brick. Constructed about 1725 by a Dublin lawyer called John Fitzpatrick who sold it shortly afterwards to a legal colleague, Simon Bradstreet. The Bradstreet family resided in the mansion throughout the 18th century, tending the formal gardens that stretched out in front of the house up to a splendid wrought iron gateway fronting the highway at Old Kilmainham. The house became tenements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with most of the house demolished about 1965.
Unknown Source - 1912.
“A full length statue, believed to be that of Shakespeare,
was discovered last week by workmen engaged cutting down ivy growing outside
the residence of 40 Old Kilmainham Road, Dublin. It was in a good state of
preservation, and appears to have been placed over the porch, and was
completely hidden by the ivy. It is supposed to date back to the 17th century.”
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Photographs of Scheemakers statue of Shakespeare For comparison Below
Westminster Abbey Monument 1740.
The Wilton House version in Portland Stone of 1743.
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The Bonham's Sale Room plaster version ( life size).
