Kilmurry House, the birthplace of Irish watercolorist Mildred Anne Butler, is quite simply one of the finest country manors in all of Ireland. The Georgian house, executed in timeless Palladian style, was Butler’s lifelong home: Its former orangery was her studio; its walled gardens, lake, and woodland were the setting for many of her finest en plein air pastoral and wildlife paintings. Named to the Royal Academy in 1893, Butler painted to international acclaim for more than 30 years. The National Gallery of Ireland purchased seven of her watercolors for its permanent collection. A watercolor of a pair of rooks was commissioned for the Library in Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House.
