Description: This fine old building looks neglected and abandoned all those years ago, is it even there now?
And the short answer is: yes - it's
Assembly's College (now part of
Queens University Belfast)
The longer answer, with particular thanks to
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]], and additional contributions from
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] and
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] is that this image may have been taken relatively early in the 1860-1883 catalogue range. Possibly as part of a series which captured a number of buildings by
Charles Lanyon around Belfast. Some of which we've
visited recently. Some solid arguments for date and impetus behind the likely commission in the comments below...
Photographers:
Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor:
John Fortune Lawrence
Collection:
Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1860 - 1883 (and possibly in the first decade of the range)
NLI Ref:
STP_0438
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at
catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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