Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Roberts, Thomas, 1748-1778, artist.
Summary:	View of the town of Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, with the river Erne flowing seawards, under a 14-arch bridge. On the right bank are smaller houses and tall gabled houses climbing up to the hill, which is dominated by a church with a tall tower. In the distance are the hills of County Sligo.
Format:	Prints & Drawings
Language:	English
Published / Created:	[ca. 1770].
Subjects:	Cities & towns > Ireland > Donegal (County) > 1770. Bridges > Ireland > Donegal (County) > 1770. Ballyshannon (Ireland). Wash drawings > Irish > 1770.
Notes:	Physical description: 1 drawing : pen & wash ; image 17.4 x 26 cm., on sheet 19 x 27.2 cm. Citations/References: Thomas Roberts, 1748-1778 / Michael Wynne. - The Irish Arts Review 10, 1994 p. 145 & 149 more
Credits:	Attributed to Thomas Roberts, (1748-1778), because the drawing is so similar in detail to an oil-painting by him in a private collection. This may be the only surviving initial sketch by the artist for one of his 1770-1771 group of paintings which emerged from an artistic tour to Donegal.