Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Bigari, Angelo Maria
Summary:	View of the interior of St. Finghin's Church at Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland, showing the Romanesque chancel arch and the stout Round Tower beside it, with its herring-bone masonry on the conical cap. In the foreground stands a solitary figure.
Format:	Prints & Drawings
Language:	English
Published / Created:	[12th/13th August, 1779].
Subjects:	Churches > Ireland > Offaly > 1770-1780. Ruins > Ireland > Offaly > 1770-1780. Clonmacnoise (Ireland). Ink drawings > Irish > 1770-1780. Wash drawings > Irish > 1770-1780.
Notes:	Drawing never engraved. Original drawing (now lost) on which this drawing would have been based was made by Bigari on a visit to Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland, on August 12th-13th, 1779, where he was accompanied by Gabriel Beranger (ca. 1730-1817), as stated in Beranger's notes (see NLI Ms 4162, page 28). Drawing within ink frame 24.1 x 16.5 cm. From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles, & Towers in Ireland / assembled by Austin Cooper in 1875 (page 28). Image pasted onto sheet. Title inscribed in ink l.c. Physical description: 1 drawing : image 23.8 x 16.3 cm., on paper 26.3 x 19.2 cm., mounted on sheet 29.1 x 24.2 cm. Citations/References: Ancient Ireland / Jacqueline O'Brien & Peter Harbison. - London 1996 pages 62-65 with brief bibliography on page 245 more
Credits:	Attributed to Angelo Maria Bigari (fl. 1772-1779).