Live recording: Hugh Lane and a gallery of modern art, with Robert O'Byrne

Portrait of Hugh Lane against a green background
Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863-1941), Portrait of Sir Hugh Lane (1865-1915), Director of the National Gallery of Ireland 1914-1915 (detail). Photo © National Gallery of Ireland.Credit

Listen to Robert O'Byrne discussing Hugh Lane and his campaign for a gallery of modern art in Dublin.

Recorded in the National Gallery of Ireland in October 2015.

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