Excerpt from Four Irish Landscape Painters: George Barret, R. A., James An; O'connor, Walter F. Osborne, R. H. A., Nathaniel Hone, R. H. A<br><br>Sir Walter Armstrong, another, but more friendly, Englishman, testified that there has been a race inhabit ing this country for more than a thousand years which has got very exceptional artistic powers. It is one of the very few races in the world which have shown real originality in their art, and the art of which bears examination as to quality very deeply indeed.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.