A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin

A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin is a set of 25 prints of well-known buildings and views in Dublin, Ireland illustrated by the engraver, watercolourist, and draughtsman James Malton at the end of the 18th century. At the time of drawing in 1791, many of the buildings had been newly constructed and marked a high point of architecture, wealth, and political prominence of the city of Dublin. Malton's prints are arguably, the most important series of drawings of Dublin to the present day and almost all of the buildings illustrated still stand and maintain their position at the centre of Irish social, cultural, educational, political, commercial, and legal life.^[1]

The drawings have been copied and reproduced hundreds of times and have become synonymous with the development and progression of the city.^[2]

Order	Title of print	Status	Date of construction	Notes
1	Royal Exchange, Dublin	Intact	1779
2	Custom House, Dublin	Partially Rebuilt	1791	Partially collapsed following a fire during the Easter Rising but was later partially reconstructed in limestone rather than the original Portland stone.
3	Charlemont House, Dublin	Intact	1763
4	College Library, Dublin	Intact	1732
5	Provost's House, Dublin	Intact	1759
6	Trinity College Dublin	Intact	1759
7	Powerscourt House, Dublin	Intact	1774	The building now houses an upmarket shopping centre.
8	Leinster House, Dublin	Intact	1748
9	Great Court Yard, Dublin Castle	Intact	1720
10	St Catherine's Church, Thomas Street, Dublin	Intact	1769
11	Tholsel, Dublin	Demolished	1681	Demolished in 1809
12	West front of St Patrick's Cathedral	Intact	1749
13	Rotunda & New Rooms, Dublin	Intact	1791
14	Lying-In Hospital, Dublin	Intact	1767
15	View of the Law Courts looking up the Liffey, Dublin	Partially Rebuilt	1786 - 1796
16	View from Capel Street looking over Essex Bridge, Dublin	Rebuilt	1753	Rebuilt in 1872 as Grattan Bridge, the Capel Street buildings remain largely intact.
17	The Parliament House, Dublin	Intact	1729
18	Royal Infirmary, Phoenix Park, Dublin	Intact	1771
19	, looking up the Liffey	Demolished	1773	The school later amalgamated to form Mount Temple Comprehensive School. The remains of the building were demolished in 1979 after years in use as offices of a cold-storage company.
20	Royal Hospital Kilmainham	Intact	1687
21	St Stephen's Green, Dublin	Intact		The green is now fenced off and remains open to the public.
22	Blue-Coat Hospital, Dublin	Intact	1773	The Blue Coat School has been occupied by the Law Society of Ireland since the 1960s. The large tower at the front was never built and instead a dome was erected in its place in 1894. The originally planned quadrangle to the rear was also never constructed.
23	View of Dublin from the Magazine, Phoenix Park	Intact	1735	The magazine fort itself remains in a derelict state as of 2021.
24	Barracks, Dublin	Intact	1702
25	Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin	Intact	1749	Cathedral spire was added in 1749 by George Semple