Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Sculptor, for biography and works of whom see W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), II, 33-35, Martyn Anglesea, 'The Lynn Brothers, architect and sculptor', Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1989-90, 258-262, in which a photograph of Lynn is reproduced, and Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed  (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 128-133.   Samuel Ferres Lynn was a younger brother of WILLIAM HENRY LYNN WILLIAM HENRY LYNN . He is said to have originally intended to become an architect and to have been a pupil, like his brother, of CHARLES LANYON. CHARLES LANYON. (1) While he was working in Lanyon's office, he attended the Belfast School of Art, where he was awarded prizes for modelling. He decided he wished to assistant of JOHN HENRY FOLEY JOHN HENRY FOLEY . He lived almost entirely in London until 1873, when he returned to Belfast. He died suddenly at William Henry Lynn's house in Crumlin Terrace, Belfast, aged only forty, on 5 April 1876.(2)

See WORKS for Lynn's monumental and architectural sculpture only.



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(1) B 34, 22 Apr 1876, 397.
(2) IB 18, 15 Apr 1876, 102,122; B 34, 22 Apr 1876, 397. He had apparently contracted an illness on the Continent, and died immediately after his arrival at his brother's house.


12 work entries listed in chronological order for LYNN, SAMUEL FERRES *


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Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CUSTOM HOUSE SQUARE, CUSTOM HOUSE
Date: 1854-57
Nature: Carving by Thomas Fitzpatrick and SFL (who designed arch spandril figures).
Refs: C.E.B. Brett notes, citing '1884 Directory'; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 95

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE STREET, NO. 001-2 (PROVINCIAL BANK)
Date: 1864
Nature: Allegorical sculpture in pediment representing Erin with Commerce and Agriculture.
Refs: B 22, 7 May 1864, 338; DB 6, 15 May 1864, 100;  Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed  (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 132, Figs.188,189 (gives date as 1868).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET UPPER, NO. 046-49 (GILBEY)
Date: 1864-65
Nature: SFL exhibits rough sketch models of heads of Lord Palmerston & Mr Gladstone for W.A. Gilbey's wine stores at RIAI first annual exhibition. (Now (2010) in NGI.)
Refs: DB 6, 15 May 1864, 100; 7, 15 Jul 1865, 173; Martyn Anglesea, 'The Lynn Brothers, architect and sculptor', Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1989-90, 259

Building: ENGLAND, CHESTER (CHESHIRE), TOWN HALL
Date: 1868
Nature: Carvings and carved panels.
Refs: IB 10, 15 Oct 1868, 262; B 27, 16 Oct 1869, 829

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, VICTORIA STREET, ALBERT MEMORIAL CLOCK TOWER
Date: 1869
Nature: Statue of Prince Albert.
Refs: IB 18, 15 Apr 1876, 102; W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), II, 34; Brett, 2nd ed. 1985, pl. 42(illus.); Martyn Anglesea, 'The Lynn Brothers, architect and sculptor', Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1989-90, 258(illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 304(illus.),321;  Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed  (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 130(illus.).


Building: CO. CAVAN, CAVAN, STATUE OF HENRY, 7TH LORD FARNHAM
Date: 1870-71
Nature: Erected in Farnham Gardens, Cavan. Unveiled 20 Dec 1871.
Refs: Model in Ulster Museum, see Martyn Anglesea, 'The Lynn Brothers, architect and sculptor', Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1989-90, 261(illus.); IB 18, 15 Apr 1870, 102; 14, 1 Jan 1872, 12; RHA 1872, no. 451; RA 1872, no. 1506;  Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed  (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 130-131(illus.);  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 254.


Building: CO. ARMAGH, LURGAN, BROWNLOW HOUSE
Date: 1871
Nature: Statue of Master McGrath, Lord Lurgan's greyhound, erected in demesne. Pedestal with sculptured groups on all 4 sides representing principal events of dog's life. (Statue stolen ; pedestal taken to Philip Bell's garden at Solitude, Lurgan)
Refs: IB 13, 15 Nov 1871, 300; RA 1875, no. 1388

Building: CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH, STATUE OF ARTHUR, 4TH MARQUESS OF DOWNSHIRE
Date: 1871-74
Nature: SFL's model accepted, Jan 1871.Unveiled by Duke of Abercorn, Sep 1874. Cost £2,000.
Refs: Model exh. RA 1873, no. 1533; IB 13, 1,15 Jan 1872, 12, 24; 18, 15 Apr 1876, 102; Architect 12, 3 Oct 1874, 180

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE SQUARE EAST, STATUE OF DR HENRY COOKE
Date: 1872-76
Nature: Sketch exhibited RHA 1872; statue arrived Belfast, Mar 1876 and inaugurated 14 Apr 1876. Replaced Earl of Belfast statue by Patrick MacDowell but inherited name of 'the Black Man'.
Refs: Model in Ulster Museum; RHA 1872, no. 433; Architect 11, ? ? 1874, p.366; IB 18, 15 Mar,15 Apr 1876, 83,162; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 74; Martyn Anglesea, 'The Lynn Brothers, architect and sculptor', Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1989-90, 259(illus.),260(illus.);  Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed  (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 131(illus.).


Building: CO. MEATH, GIBBSTOWN HOUSE
Date: 1874
Nature: Panels representing the Seasons on main staircase. (Staircase later demolished.)
Refs: W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), II, 35;  photographs in IAA.

Building: CO. MONAGHAN, GLASLOUGH, DRINKING FOUNTAIN
Date: 1874ca
Nature: Bronze memorial bust of Charles Powell Leslie III (d. 1871) surmounting memorial fountain. Model exh. at RA, 1874.
Refs: Leslie MSS (PRONI microfilm MIC.606/G/2/7);  RA 1874, no. 1566.

Building: ENGLAND, MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE INSURANCE OFFICE
Date: ?
Nature: Figures for interior.
Refs: W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), II, 35

Author Title Date Details
Anglesea, Martyn 'The Lynn Brothers, architect and sculptor' 1989 Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1989-90, 254-262.