Collection: George Petrie

The man who documented Ireland's ancient heritage before it was lost forever — and did it with the eye of an artist as well as a scholar.

George Petrie (1790–1866) is widely regarded as the father of Irish archaeology — but he was first and foremost a watercolourist of exceptional skill. His meticulous records of Celtic crosses, round towers, ancient ruins, and historic landscapes represent an irreplaceable visual archive of an Ireland time was rapidly erasing. Art and history inseparable, in prints that look extraordinary on any wall.

Prints from €75. Free worldwide shipping.

Part of our full Irish Art Prints collection — over 600 works by Ireland's greatest artists.