The Great Arch of Lismore Bridge, Co.y Waterford

A:C: delint. 12th June 1781 ; Pinxt. 13th May 1785
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cooper, Austin, 1759-1830, artist
Summary:View of the bridge over the river Blackwater at Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland as seen from the river
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 1781
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Notes:From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. I

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

Scale of feet inscribed l.c. under drawing of bridge, amounting to 24

Image in frame 7 x 16.1 cm. Watermark with the letters ATMAN seen u.l. on sheet

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 12.3 x 10.3 cm., on sheet 18.2 x 26.5 cm.

Citations/References: Irish Stone Bridges, History and Heritage / Peter O'Keefe and Tom Simington. - Dublin 1991 pages 252-256

Citations/References: No Small Thing : Thomas Ivory's Bridge at Lismore / Jane Meredith. - Dublin 1997 pages 102-114

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