Source Description:

Title:  Light-House at Howth
Artist:  T. Creswich
Engraver/Plate Maker:  H. Wallis
Print Date:  1845
The print depicts the Baily Lighthouse on Howth Head, on the north side of Dublin bay. There has been a lighthouse on this headland since 1667. Its light was often obscured by fog at its original location so the light was moved further down the headland in 1814. Despite the light, the area has been the scene of a number of shipwrecks, most tragically the PS Queen Victoria in 1853, in which over 80 passengers and crew were drowned.

Description:

An earthenware plate printed in blue with a view of the Baily Lighthouse on Howth Head, on the north side of Dublin bay. The floral border is printed in red. It is one of the patterns produced for the Hibernia Series.  Hibernia is the ancient Latin name for Ireland, and all of the known views recorded in this series are Irish.  This example is unmarked.