The Priory of St: John the Baptist at Newtown near Trim, Co:y Meath

A:C: delint. 15th. May ; Pinxt. 24th May
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cooper, Austin, 1759-1830, artist
Summary:View across the bridge over the river Boyne at Newtown Trim, County Meath, Ireland, of the Priory of St. John the Baptist, originally run by the Crutched Friars
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 1785
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Notes:From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. I

Title inscribed in ink l.c.

Inscribed in ink on facing page (verso of 2122 TX (1) 85): A few hundred yards further on ... are the Castle-like remains of a large square Keep, immediately adjoining the bridge, with square towers at two of its angles and somewhat lower down the river but connected with it lay a range of buildings, we meet a second smaller tower ...

Image within a circular ink frame diam. 11.3 cm

Physical description: 1 drawing diam. image 10.7 cm., on sheet 18.2 x 26.8 cm.

Citations/References: An Eighteenth Century Antiquary : The Sketches, Notes and Diaries of Austin Cooper (1759-1830) / Liam Price. - Dublin 1942 Plate 35, right

Citations/References: Medieval Religious Houses, Ireland / Aubrey Gwynn and R.N. Hadcock. - London, 1970 page 215

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Credits:Attributed to Austin Cooper