Abbey at Dunmore

[graphic].
Bibliographic Details
Summary:Plan of the long-halled church of the Augustinian "abbey" or priory of Dunmore, County Galway, Ireland, with tower roughly in the centre of the church.
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [ca. 1779].
Subjects:
Notes:Inscribed in ink on verso, the number corresponding to the entry found in NLI Ms 41.62 (which is a catalgue of the work done by Bigari and Beranger in 1779): N 41 B.

Inscribed in ink u.c.: Scala di Piedi 7:2.

Title inscribed in ink l.c.

Watermark shows part of a crown placed, unusually, at a diagonal to the edges of the paper.

Physical description: 1 drawing : pen & wash ; 19 x 27.3 cm.

Citations/References: Antiquities of Ireland / Francis Grose. - London, 1794 Pl. 34

Citations/References: Memoir of Gabriel Beranger / Sir William Wilde. - Dublin, 1880 p. 71

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Credits:Attributed to either Gabriel Beranger (1729-1817), or Angelo Maria Bigari (fl. 1872-1879). The scale of feet used on this drawing is given in Italian, so one might presume that the drawing is therefore, the work of Bigari, who was an Italian.