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The Lowryesque lad on the left obviously has a hole in one of his pockets, through which he lost a sixpence a few weeks ago. His posture suggests he is still looking for the missing coin! To finish off our week we have an unidentified classical building. Though I do not expect that it will remain unidentified for long, as there is something very familiar about this image....

And indeed, [/photos/8468254@N02/ derangedlemur] was up early this morning, and identified this immediately as the entrance to the Kings Inn's courtyard at the top of Henrietta Street, Dublin. Henrietta Street was among the first of Dublin's Georgian streetscapes - built in the early 18th century for the "great and good". Despite its use as poverty-stricken tenements through the late 19th and 20th centuries (where a dozen houses were occupied by nearly 850 people), it remains one of the few intact examples of a planned 18th century development. Other similar Georgian developments in Dublin were at least partly torn-down from the 1950s. But Henrietta St escaped "redevelopment" - perhaps because it was in a relatively less desirable part of the city. By which time the Irish Georgian Society had raised awareness of the need to retain examples of the city's Georgian architectural heritage.....

Photographer: Fergus O’Connor

Collection: Fergus O’Connor Collection

Date: None in catalogue entry. Though likely c.1890-1910

NLI Ref: OCO 69