A stolen moment before a final goodbye — and 160 years later, it still stops people in their tracks. The Meeting on the Turret Stairs (1864) is Ireland's most beloved painting. Burton spent three years on it, working in watercolour with a precision more like oil — capturing a tenderness so restrained it becomes unbearable.
The original hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland, where it consistently draws the longest gaze in any room. Yours is printed on 250gsm museum-quality archival paper with pigment inks that stay vivid for 75+ years — same colours, same golden light, exactly as Burton intended.
Framed prints arrive ready to hang in FSC-certified timber. Ships free from Dublin worldwide.
The most romantic Irish painting ever made. A statement piece in any room — and a gift that means something.
About the Artist — Frederic William Burton (1816–1900) ▼
Born in County Clare in 1816, Frederic William Burton trained as a watercolourist and spent years travelling through Germany and Scandinavia, collecting the medieval folk stories that would inspire his most celebrated work. The Meeting on the Turret Stairs took three years to complete and is considered one of the finest watercolours ever made. In 1874, Burton was appointed Director of the National Gallery in London — a post he held for twenty years, during which he acquired some of the collection's greatest masterpieces. He never returned to painting after taking the role.
