[Rosserk Friary, County Mayo, Ireland]
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Summary: | Interior view of the Franciscan friary at Rosserk, County Mayo, Ireland, looking through a central arch with tall, slender tower on the right. A solitary figure stands in the foreground. This could be Gabriel Beranger, (1729-1817), with whom Bigari visited the friary. |
Format: | Prints & Drawings |
Language: | English |
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[ca. 1779].
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Notes: | Inscribed in ink on verso: Rosserk Abbey Barralet. Both Bigari and Beranger undertook a tour of Connaught in the summer of 1779, at the behest of William Conyngham, to gather drawings for a volume of engravings of Irish antiquities, planned by the Hibernian Antiquarian Society. Physical description: 1 drawing : ink & wash ; 33.1 x 22.9 cm. Citations/References: Engraving published in: Antiquities of Ireland / Francis Grose. - Vol. I, 1794 Pl. 65 Citations/References: Guide to the National and Historic Monuments of Ireland / Peter Harbison. - Dublin, 1992 p. 252, with brief bibliography more |
Credits: | Attributed to Angelo Maria Bigari, (fl. 1772-1779), according to Francis Grose's "Antiquities of Ireland", Vol. I (dated 1791), in which there is an engraving of this drawing. The original of this drawing was executed on July 13th or 14th, 1779, but this is a worked-up version preparatory to engraving. |