IRELAND Dublin Customs House - 1841 BARTLETT Antique Print

Description: INTERNATIONAL BUYERS:? The shipping rates shown are for '1st Class International Package' with tracking.? Ebay is also promoting their EIS International Shipping program on sellers pages. I do not use this program because it is more expensive, slower, not very transparent, and frustrating to the buyer, if something goes wrong. Do not select it, if ebay does show it as an option. Thank you. Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio: Steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1841 Original artist: W.H. Bartlett Published: for the Proprietors by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Light signs of handling. Few light spots/blemishes in blank margins. Please examine the photo of the print for extent. Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches, (19,5 x 26,5 cm) including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: (1) Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. (2) The print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print. Original Narrative: THE CUSTOMS HOUSE, DUBLIN : The Custom-house was designed and erected by Mr. James Gandon - the foundation-stone having been laid in 1781. It is worthy of comment, that although the cost of building the Bank amounted to no more than 40,000, the expense of the Custom-house exceeded 546,000 sterling. The effect of this spacious and superb structure is now inexpressibly lonely; time has produced changes that have rendered it almost useless; the necessity of watching contrabandists no longer exists; the assimilation of "duties" has removed clerks and "waiters" of all grades; and, unhappily, the paucity of Dublin's commerce is such that a cottage might suffice to transact its "business," in lieu of a palace. The rooms of the Custom-house are therefore deserted; a mariner's step is seldom echoed by its walls, and "bills of lading" would startle almost as much as the drapery of a banshee. The interior is now divided into several public offices, of which the Stamp-office is the principal. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

Price: 28 USD

Location: Manassas, Virginia

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