Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Cooper, Austin, 1759-1830, artist
Summary:	View of what probably is part of a late 12th-century Norman motte at Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland, showing three trees and a stump on the flat top of the mound, together with a house on the left
Format:	Prints & Drawings
Language:	English
Published / Created:	1781
Subjects:	Archaelogical sites > Ireland > Ratoath > 1780-1790 Antiquities > Ireland > Ratoath > 1780-1790 Ink drawings > Irish > 1780-1790 Wash drawings > Irish > 1780-1790
Notes:	From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. I One of 3 drawings on 1 sheet See also 2122 TX (1) 28(A) and 2122 TX (1) 28(B) Title inscribed in ink l.r. under corresponding image Image within an ink frame 10.1 x 21.5 cm. Watermark u.l. on sheet seems to be part of a large shield, crowned Drawn by Austin Cooper while on a visit to Ratoath, County Meath, on December 24th, 1781, when he may have been spending Christmas in the locality Physical description: 1 drawing irregular image 6.6 x 5.8 cm., on sheet 18.2 x 26.5 cm. Citations/References: An Eighteenth Century Antiquary : The Sketches, Notes and Diaries of Austin Cooper (1759-1830) / Liam Price (ed.). - Dublin 1942 Plate 10, right Citations/References: Archaeological Inventory of County Meath / Michael Moore (compiler). - Dublin, 1987 page 161, No. 1657 more
Credits:	Attributed to Austin Cooper