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This week we'll take a look at the T. J. Westropp collection. This little ink sketch of St Fintan's church, Howth (June 28th 1887) measures 13x18cm and is from the first of 7 volumes of 'Sketches in Ireland'. Stay tuned for more.🔔 #Westropp 
Thomas Johnson Westropp was born in Attyflin, County Limerick, in 1860. This pencil & ink sketch of Attyflin House by #Westropp is dated 17 January 1875. It's one of many he classified as a 'camera sketch'.
These ‘camera sketches’ were most likely created
using a camera lucida, an optical drawing aid popular with artists at the time. A simple portable device
involving a prism on an extendable stand or stick. ...
using a camera lucida, an optical drawing aid popular with artists at the time. A simple portable device
involving a prism on an extendable stand or stick. ...
