Cooper's Ireland : drawings and notes from an eighteenth-century gentleman : National Library of Ireland Mss. 2122 TX (1) and (2) / Peter Harbison.
By: Harbison, Peter
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Contributor(s): Cooper, Austin | National Library of Ireland.
Material type:
BookPublisher: Dublin : O\'Brien, 2000Description: 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0862786452.Other title: Drawings and notes from an eighteenth-century gentleman.Subject(s): Cooper, Austin, 1759-1830 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc | Architectural drawing -- 18th century -- Ireland | Buildings -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century | Ireland -- In artDDC classification: 720.9415
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 720.9415 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00095480 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The occupation of Austin Cooper (1759-1830) as one of His Majesty's tax collectors working in Dublin enabled the young Cooper to indulge the greatest passion of his life - sketching the ancient buildings and monuments of Ireland. From 1781 to 1793, this dedicated and prolific artist focused on Ireland's castles, abbeys, churches and round towers, both complete and ruined, and filled two albums with pen-and-ink drawings. This volume gathers together Cooper's work in its entirety. Dr Peter Harbison provides extended captions and quotes from Cooper's own diaries. These illuminate the work of a man who did so much to help preserve a heritage that was already disappearing, even in his own time.
Bibliography: p. 283. - Includes index.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Peter Harbison is a professor of archaeology.(Bowker Author Biography)