Abbey Boyle Co: of Roscommon
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| Summary: | View of the interior of the ruined Cistercian abbey of Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, as seen from the north-western end of the nave. Four figures in period dress wander around the ruins. |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Language: | English |
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[between ca. 1779 and 1792].
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| Notes: | Title inscribed in ink l.c. on sheet. Inscribed in blue pencil u.l. on sheet: 14 Inscribed in ink on verso: N 14. D. The number 14 inscribed on both verso and u.l. of drawing corresponds to that named on p. 11 of NLI MS 4162, which is Gabriel Beranger's account of his visit to Connaught in the summer of 1779, with Angelo Maria Bigari. Joseph Turner (ca. 1772-1835) made a copy of this drawing. See 2122 TX (2) 30 for more details on this copy. See NLI MS 4163 (p. 27-28) for Gabriel Beranger's description of the castle. Engraving of this drawing was executed by S. Hooper of Holboern, London, in 1792, and published by Hooper two years later as Plate 75 of Vol. I of Francis Grose's "Antiquities of Ireland" (London, 1794). When this drawing was acquired by the National Library of Ireland, the drawing was mounted, on a piece of modern cardboard, bearing on the back the comment: These archaeological drawings are the work of the well known 18th century artists Bigari and Beranger, being part of the collection of Austin Cooper, F.S.A., and William Burton Conyngham, which comprise a unique collection. They are heirlooms of the Cooper family, with others in our possession. Physical description: 1 drawing : ink ; image 16.2 x 24.2 cm., within ink frame 16.5 x 24.5 cm., on sheet 18.5 x 27 cm. Citations/References: Memoir of Gabriel Beranger / Sir William Wilde. - Dublin 1880 p. 49 more |
| Credits: | Attributed to Angelo Maria Bigari (fl. 1772-1779), who visited Connaught with his friend Gabriel Beranger (1729-1817), in the summer of 1779. They had been commissioned by William Conynygham Burton to make drawings of antiquities for one or more volumes of engravings of Irish antiquities planned by the Hibernian Antiquarian Society. |
