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ST. AUDEON'S ARCH, COOK STREET, DUBLIN, 1934 Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974)
Signature: signed and dated lower left Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in. Exhibited: 'Catalogue of Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Harry Kernoff, R.H.A.', Mill's Hall, Dublin, 1-15 December 1937, catalogue no. 42 Cook Street in the vicinity of Christ Church Cathedral, houses a rather imposing stretch of medieval town wall. Although much restored in recent years, it marks the line of the original Hiberno-Norse ... wall, which was first built c.1100 (according to archaeological dating) not far from the banks of the River Liffey at high tide. Cook Street is so named as during the thirteenth century, the time of Anglo-Norman settlement, cooks (the medieval equivalent of fast-food traders), were placed outside the town wall in order to minimise the danger of fire. Most buildings at this time were made of timber and so at great risk. A number of gateways were cut through the wall to give access to the new quarter. Of these, the sole survivor is St Audeon’s Arch, seen here as it appeared in 1934 more