Artwork
Prints and Watercolours of Historical and Topographical Interest
The History department holds prints and watercolours of historical and topog
raphical interest dating from the mid-17th century to the present day. These include portraits of local personalities and figures of note; street scenes and town views; landscapes; views of events and occasions, both actual and envisaged; and depictions of notable buildings and structures.
(The Catalogue: Drawings, Paintings and Sculptures from the National Museums Northern Ireland, edited by Eileen Black, 2000, pp 141-165)
Robert Home, 1752-1834 William Drennan, MD 1754-1820. Donated 1986
Watercolours
Important individual collections include a series of watercolours by Doris Blair, official war artist, recording life at Belfast's Musgrave Park U.S. Army Hospital during the Second World War and featuring many portraits of nursing staff and patients, as well as depictions of women's war work and...
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Print Collection
The print collection includes an important series of Dutch engravings charting the progress of the Williamite Wars of 1688-91.Image: Londonderry relieved. Print published in Amsterdam by Adriaan Schoonebeek.
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