1 32 A HISTORY OF 



1808. (For a very full account of him and his works, both 

 in oils and crayons, see an article by Mr. W. G. Strickland 

 in the annual volume of the Walpole Society, 1812-1813.) 



3. George Barret, who was born in Dublin in 1728, 

 and died in 1784, studied here under West. He painted 

 many landscapes for Lord Powerscourt, and the Dukes of 

 Buccleuch and Portland possess many examples of his work. 

 The Society's collection includes some specimens. 



4. Thomas James Mulvany and his brother, John 

 George Mulvany, were among the first fourteen Academi- 

 cians elected to the Royal Hibernian Academy on its 

 foundation in 1823. George F. Mulvany, son of the first 

 named, was the first Director of the National Gallery of 

 Ireland. 



On the 3ist of May 1838, John Papworth of 

 Dublin, A.R.H.A., was appointed master of the school 

 of architecture, and Henry Brocas, master of the 

 school of landscape and ornament. In 1840, Con- 

 stantine Panormo succeeded John Smyth as master 

 of the school of modelling. He was son of 

 Edward Smyth, former master, and is well known 

 as having executed the figures on the General Post 

 Office, Dublin. 



Earl de Grey, lord lieutenant, presided at the dis- 

 tribution of prizes to the pupils in the drawing school 

 in December 1842, on which occasion Mr. Isaac Weld, 

 honorary secretary, delivered a long speech, in which 

 he detailed the history of the Society, dealing especi- 

 ally with the drawing and modelling schools, and 

 noticing the many distinguished artists and sculptors 

 who had received their early training in them. These 

 meetings became annual, and one of the secretaries or 

 vice-presidents generally discoursed on the schools. 

 Their orations are marked by eloquence and scholarship, 



