Cork harbour makes waves for two 19th-century artists

Stormy weather and a world-class harbour feature in these paintings, writes Des O'Sullivan

Entrance to Cork Harbour by Richard Brydges Beechey at Morgan O'Driscoll.

The entrance to the magnificent harbour that is Cork is depicted in detailed works by two 19th-century artists at Morgan O'Driscoll's sale of Irish and International Art on April 19. 

Rear Admiral Richard Brydges Beechey shows two sailing vessels at Roches Point in what former Crawford Gallery curator Peter Murray describes in a catalogue note as one of his finest maritime paintings.