Du Noyer Collection
George Victor Du Noyer 1817-1869 was employed by the Geological Survey from 1847, having
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George Victor Du Noyer
(1817-1869)
Image reproduced by
kind permission of
The Royal Society of
Antiquaries of Ireland |
been previously with the Ordnance Survey, where he was working as an artist. He started his geological training under the Local Director, Thomas Oldham, and became a competent geologist, but an unusual one, as he not only mapped the counties of Ireland, but recorded the landscape in a series of watercolours, often enhanced with people, animals (his great companion Mr Buff, an Irish water spaniel) or local fossils. He was competent in many media, and his paintings vary in size from miniature to the very large.
He mapped many counties in Ireland, and having been promoted to District Surveyor in 1867, was sent to the northern counties of Ireland. He died in Antrim town, and is buried in All Saints parish church there. His maps, most of which are in the GSI, are still in use today, and his many paintings are in the GSI, the National Museum of Ireland, the Royal Irish Academy, the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, and many other places. An exhibition of his paintings was held in the National Gallery of Ireland in 1995.
To view a sample of his illustrations held in the GSI Archives, click here
All the original 6-inch field sheets may be viewed at the GSI Customer Centre, and the postcards are available by mail order from the Survey.
Price: €0.40 per postcard
Old red sandstone for Devil's Punch Bowl, Mangerton, Co. Kerry
Spheroidal weathering in basalt, near the Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim
Unconformity between the Old Ref Sandstone and the Lower Palaeozoic rocks at Waterford harbour
Chert layers in Carboniferous Limestone, Ross Island, Lough Leane, Co. Kerry
Carboniferous Limestones near Kanturk, Co. Cork
Fold in Old Red Sandstone, Doneen Rock, Mallow, Co. Cork