A W: View of the Franciscan Friary in Drogheda - between West Gate & the River within the Walls

A:C: delin: 12th June 1783 ; Pinx. 29th June
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cooper, Austin, 1759-1830, artist
Summary:View from the west of the church of the Franciscan friary in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, showing the central tower supported by arches and domestic buildings outside the walls
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 1783
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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

Image within ink frame 14.5 x 9.6 cm. Watermark u.l. on sheet appears to be part of a small shield

Austin Cooper writes about this abbey in his diary for 12th June, 1783 (NLI Ms. Acc. 4841, Drogheda 1783)

Physical description: 1 drawing image 14.1 x 9.2 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 94 with Plate 45

Citations/References: Three Monasteries of Drogheda / Matthew J. Kelly. - Journal of County Louth Archaeoloical Society 10, 1941-1944 pages 36-40

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Credits:Attributed to Austin Cooper