Abbey of Ballindown, Co.y Sligo

A Bigary delint. ; Jos. Turner pinxt. April 1794
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Turner, Joseph Reverend ca. 1772-1835, artist
Contributors: Bigari, Angelo Maria
Summary:View from the western end of the nave of the two-storey arched support for the tower. Through the central arch, the east window is visible. The draughtsmanship is more impressionistic than careful. This abbey is at Ballindoon, County Sligo, Ireland
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 1794
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Notes:From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. II

Grose's Antiquities, Vol. I states that the original of this drawing by Angelo Maria Bigari was in the possession of the Rt. Hon. William Conyngham (1733-1796), who presumably lent it to Turner to copy. The original drawing by Bigari was engraved and published by M. Hooper in London on January 20th, 1794, at around the time it must have appeared in Grose's Antiquities

Image within an ink frame 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Watermark u.r. on sheet apppears to consist of a shield

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

Physical description: 1 drawing image 23.1 x 15.1 cm., on sheet 26.7 x 18.3 cm.

Citations/References: Ballindoon Abbey / Bernard Curran, O.P.. - (cyclostyled) Sligo, 1971

Citations/References: Medieval Religious Houses Ireland / Aubrey Gwynn and R.N. Hadcock. - London, 1970 page 222

Citations/References: The Antiquities of Ireland Vol. I / Francis Grose. - London, 1791 page 56

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