Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Blucher Johnson was awarded one of six unclassed premiums by the Royal Dublin Society's School of Drawing in Architecture on 8 December 1836 and one of eight unclassed premiums on 25 April 1839.(1) In spite of these successes, he did not pursue an architectural career but became a sculptor and artist instead. For an account of his career and his eccentricities, see W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), I, 554.



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(1) MS. transcript from Royal Dublin Society minutes of School of Architectural Drawing admissions and prizewinners (in IAA).
(2) RHA Index, II, 121.
(3) Pettigrew & Oulton's Dublin Almanac 1847.
(4) See note 2, above.