Door of the Tower at Donoghmore, Co.y Meath

G. Beranger delint. ; A.C. pinxt. 18 Oct. 1794
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cooper, Austin, 1759-1830, artist
Contributors: Beranger, Gabriel, ca. 1729-1817, artist
Summary:View of the doorway of the Round Tower at Donaghmore, County Meath, Ireland, showing the figure of the crucified Christ above the door and a head on each side of the doorway
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 1794
Subjects:
Notes:From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. II

Inscription on facing page: The figure above the door is that of the Saviour sculptures in relief, partly on the key stone & partly in the stone over it. and [sic] on each side of the architecture there is a human head, also in relief, as in the doorway of Kells Church

The copy by Gabriel Beranger of the same subject (preserved as Wat. 13 in the Special Collections in the Library of University College, Dublin) gives the author of the original drawing as Col. Charles Vallancey. This means that Austin Cooper could have been copying a copy of the original

Title inscribed in ink l.c. on sheet

Watermark u.l. on sheet is too indistinct to make out the lettering

Physical description: 1 drawing 18.3 x 26.7 cm.

Citations/References: The Round Towers of Ireland / George Lennox Barrow. - Dublin, 1979 pages 162-166

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