Bishopscourt
Date made: n.d.
Description: "The walks and grounds are capable of being made very pretty and the Garden is still very productive it has been long under great neglect, we noticed some very large Mountain Ash and Portugal Laurels with a few shrubs of the rarer kind. An English gardener whom his lordship has lately brought over has already begun to make some alterations for the better.” (Samuel Dukinfield Swarbreck, Tour through the Isle of Man by Captain William Latham, July 1815, M 07398)
Miss Georgina Gore Currie was the niece of Horatio Powys, Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1854 to 1877. Georgina stayed with the Bishop’s family at their residence, Bishopscourt, north of Kirk Michael. During her time on the Isle of Man, Georgina sketched and painted many Manx scenes including Bishopscourt and its gardens.
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Measurements: 23cm x 34cm
Materials: watercolour on paper
Object name: pencil sketch
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1954-3601/64