Artist

George Petrie

Portrait of George Petrie

Irish, 1790–1866

George Petrie was an Irish Romanticism artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. George Petrie was born in Dublin.

George Petrie was an Irish painter, musician, antiquarian and archaeologist of the Victorian era who was instrumental in building the collections of the Royal Irish Academy and National Museum of Ireland.

Collections represented

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