The East Window of the Church of Youghal, Co.y Cork

A:C: delint. 9th June 1781 ; Pinxt 6th Dec.r 1784
[graphic]
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cooper, Austin, 1759-1830, artist
Summary:View of the fifteenth-century traceried east window of the Church of St. Mary in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 6th December 1784, after the artist's own original drawing on 9th June, 1781
Subjects:
Notes:From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. I

Inscribed in ink under the image of the window are measurements: 26 Ft. by 15 Ft, 6 In.

Title inscribed in ink l.c. on sheet under image

Image in frame 17.5 x 13.4 cm. Watermark on u.l. on sheet is part of a shield with fleur-de-lys

Drawn by Austin Cooper when he was touring the province of Munster in the summer of 1781 perhaps gathering money from area tax collectors, or working as a Paymaster to the Civil and Military Establishments

Physical description: 1 drawing image 16.8 x 12.8 cm., on sheet 18.2 x 26.5 cm.

Citations/References: Ancient Ireland / Jacqueline O'Brien and Peter Harbison. - London, 1996 page 158 with bibliography on page 248

more