![]() Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington (Francis Chantrey)ī Claudius Gilbert left money in his will for busts of “men eminent for learning” to adorn the Library – these are the 14 busts by Peter Scheemakers Swift, Jonathan (Louis Francois Roubiliac) Siegfried, Rudolf Thomas (Joseph Robinson Kirk) LA Right alcove at upper level, when facing West end (Not on public view) Plunket, William Conyngham (Christopher Moore) Right alcove at upper level when facing East end (Not on public view) Left alcove at upper level, when facing West end (Not on public view) Lefroy, Thomas Langlois (Christopher Moore) Manuscripts Reading Room (Not on public view) Herbert, Thomas, 8th Earl of Pembroke (Peter Scheemakers) Hamilton, William Rowan (John Henry Foley) Left alcove when facing East end (Not on public view) Left alcove at upper level when facing East end (Not on public view)īushe, Charles Kendal (Peter Turnerelli) Įlrington, Charles Richard (Thomas Kirk) PĮrnest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (Peter Turnerelli) Location of busts in the Old Library Building, the Library of Trinity College Dublin There are temporary exhibitions held in the Long Room which display the rich holdings of the Library and encourage further research. The band of gold lettering below the gallery commemorates benefactors of the 17th and 18th centuries: ![]() It is made of oak and willow with 29 brass strings, and is the model for the emblem of Ireland. Although its early history is uncertain, it probably dates from the 15th century. The harp is the oldest of its kind in Ireland it has incorrectly become associated with the great Irish king Brian Boru (died 1014). There is also a medieval harp on display known as the Brian Boru harp. The finest antique bust in the collection is of the writer Jonathan Swift by Louis Francois Roubiliac.Īnother treasure in the Long Room is one of the few remaining copies of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic which was read outside the General Post Office on 24 April 1916 by Patrick Pearse at the start of the Easter Rising. ![]() The busts are of the great philosophers and writers of the western world and also of those connected with Trinity College Dublin - famous and not so famous. ![]() Marble busts line the Long Room, a collection that began in 1743 when 14 busts were commissioned from sculptor Peter Scheemakers. In 1860 the roof was raised to allow construction of the present barrel-vaulted ceiling and upper gallery bookcases. By the 1850s these shelves had become completely full largely as since 1801 the Library had been given the right to claim a free copy of every book published in Britain and Ireland. When built (between 17) it had a flat plaster ceiling and shelving for books was on the lower level only, with an open gallery. The main chamber of the Old Library is the Long Room at nearly 65 metres in length, it is normally filled with 200,000 of the Library’s oldest books and is one of the most impressive libraries in the world. ![]()
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