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Home Bar Pub Room Decor Print O’Donnell Donegal Castle Ireland

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The2FunAdGuyz offer a new print of a turn-of-the-century Irish photochrom, taken in 1890, featuring Donegal Castle (Irish: Caislean Dhun na nGall) or O’Donnell’s Castle (Irish: Caislean Ui Dohmnail) in County Donegal, Ireland.

This Celtic print, with the Gaelic castle architecture plainly visible in the picture, works well in many home decor situations including a home library, bar, Irish pub, living room, den or any room requiring a landscape, building or architectural view. This rare, 1890 view shows the castle prior to its renovation in 1990.

The O’Donnell clan constructed Donegal Castle in 1452 next to the River Eske at the mouth of Donegal Bay. They lived in it until after the Nine Year’s War. The O’Donnell clan fled after destroying portions of it to prevent its use as a fortress against the Gaelic Clans. After the flight of the O’Donnell’s, Sir Basil Brooke, an Englishman, took possession and restored it. Starting in the early eighteenth century, Donegal Castle fell into disrepair as evidenced by this photograph taken shortly before the owner transferred the property to the state. The Office of Public Works restored the castle in the 1990s and it is now the site of Gaelic cultural activities.

CAPTION: Donegal Castle, County Donegal, Ireland in 1890.

PHOTOCHROM: The photochrom process was a combination of photography and lithography that started in the 1800s and used until the development of true color photography in the 1930s. While the results can look more like a painting than a photograph, the images are striking. The photochrom (sometimes-spelled photochrome in America) system developed in Switzerland and then licensed to various companies in other countries. Detroit Publishing Company, Detroit, Michigan was the only company to license the process in the United States. The process first took black and white photographs and hand colored the resulting print. Then, using a special series of stone plates (minimum of four and up to 14 separate stones for a single print), prints could be reproduced in larger quantities. One of the reasons the results are so spectacular is that the pigments in the inks and ingredients to process the stones came from exotic locations around the world. The results—even more than a hundred years later—give us a unique, richly colored and very intense image.

ORIGINAL MEDIA: The Detroit Publishing Co. (original name Detroit Photo Graphic Company), Detroit, Michigan, originally produced the image used for this new print. During the last decade of the 1800s and early 1900s, they produced some of the finest photochrom images. Unfortunately, cheaper (and frequently lesser quality) printing methods spelled their demise.

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PAPER QUALITY: This new print is on a highest quality, acid-free, 100-pound glossy premium text paper that allows for maximum color brilliance and fidelity for older images.

AVAILABILITY: In Stock! – Ships Within 1 Business Day of cleared payment.

Image Size: 16.5 inches wide by 10.5 inches high.

Paper Size: 17 inches wide by 11 inches high. This allows for a small border around the image for matting and framing. When matted, this format is perfect for a standard 16-inch x 20-inch frame, a manageable size for a wide variety of decorating purposes.

HOME DECOR IDEAS: this vintage photograph is a perfect wall hanging for a family game room, home bar, Irish pub or any room that needs a fun photograph. (Sign up for our periodic home decor newsletter here. (Provide a link to sign up for ALL newsletters)

GIFT IDEAS: Use this rare photochrom as a thoughtful and beautiful gift for any Irish friend or relative on any occasion.

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