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Painting, Narrow Water, Ireland

Image of framed riverside scene surrounded by hills, with sailboat and castle to the left of centreed

Victoria County Historical Society Collection

Photograph: Jamon Camisso

The earliest known painting attributed to W.A. Goodwin, depicting a famous castle adjacent to the Clanrye River in Northern Ireland. Dating to 1857, when Goodwin was seventeen years old, it was painted almost a decade after the family immigrated from the United Kingdom. Having never set foot in Northern Ireland, what inspired the adolescent Goodwin to paint this landmark remains a mystery. Oil on Board, original frame.