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Podcast: The Arts House
Episode: WORK OF THE WEEK 37 GEORGE ATKINSON PADDLE STEAMER ENTERING THE PORT OF CORK
Description: Conor Tallon and the Crawford Gallery's Assistant Curator Michael Waldron celebrate this week'sWORK OF THE WEEK… cos it’s a kind of homecoming, like!Sun sets over a maritime city, as river waters ripple in the wake of a seagoing vessel. Like the tide itself, Paddle Steamer Entering the Port of Cork (1842) is all about comings and goings.Approaching Cork by water was once much more commonplace than today and it was a sight that artist George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson (1806-1884) knew well. A native of Cobh, he grew up in Cork Harbou...