Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Bigari, Angelo Maria
Summary:	View of the roughly square-shaped castle of Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland, with a total of four drum towers, all but one of them on a corner. A human figure can be seen standing on the rubble in the nearest corner tower.
Format:	Prints & Drawings
Language:	English
Published / Created:	[ca. 1779].
Subjects:	Ballymote Castle (Ireland). > 1770-1780. Castles & palaces > Ireland > Ballymote > 1770-1780. Wash drawings > Irish > 1770-1780. Ink drawings > Irish > 1770-1780.
Notes:	Title inscribed in ink on verso. See 2122 TX (2) 36 for a copy of this drawing made by J.S. Cooper in 1794. Bigari and Beranger were commissioned to undertak a tour of Connacht in the summer of 1779 by Col. William Burton (later Conyngham), who was President of the Hibernian Antiquarian Society, which had planned to publish one of more volumes of engravings illustrating Irish antiquities. Physical description: 1 drawing : pen & wash ; 15.2 x 24.1 cm. more
Credits:	Original drawing attributed to Angelo Maria Bigari (fl. 1772-1779), who visited Ballymote on June 30th, 1779, with his friend Gabriel Beranger (1729-1817). This drawing may by a copy of the original drawing.