Anchoret's Tower at Kilmacduagh, Co.y Galway

R: Ousley, 22 March 1771
[graphic]
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cooper, Austin, 1759-1830, artist
Summary:View of the Round Tower at Kilmacduagh, County Galway, Ireland, showing the doorway high above the ground, and other windows above it, the uppermost near the conical roof out of which grows a tree
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 4th March, 1785, after the artist's original sketch of 22 March 1771
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Notes:From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. I

One of 3 drawings on 1 sheet

Oval image within oval frame 13 x 8.8 cm. Watermark u.l. on sheet is part of a large shield, crowned

See also 2122 TX (1) 31(A) and 2122 TX (1) 31(C)

Title inscribed in ink l.l. under corresponding image

Physical description: 1 drawing oval image 12.4 x 8.4 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 page 103

Citations/References: The Round Towers of Ireland / George Lennox Barrow. - Dublin 1979 pages 100-104

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Credits:Attributed to Austin Cooper