Ireland and the Picturesque: Design, Landscape Painting and Tourism 1700-1840 - Finola O'Kane

That Ireland is picturesque is a well-worn cliché, but little is understood of how this perception was created, painted, and manipulated during the long 18th century.

This book positions Ireland at the core of the picturesque's development and argues for a far greater degree of Irish influence on the course of European landscape theory and design.It is also a history of the physical shaping of Ireland as a tourist destination, one of the earliest, most calculated, and most successful in the world.