Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Select scenes in Ireland.

Published / Created:

[Dublin] : [s.n.], [1817?]

Physical Description:

[11] leaves of plates, [1] folded : all ill. ; 20 x 27 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA982 .S45 1817+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Cover title.

Imprint information from Abbey.

The plates were also used in Anne Plumptre's Narrative of a residence in Ireland during the summer of 1814, and that of 1815. Cf. Abbey.

Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 458

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in original marbled wrappers, with printed title label on front cover.

Contents:

The Giant's Causeway -- Blarney Castle -- The Cascade and Salmon-Leap at Leixlip -- Basaltic Rock at Port Coane -- View of Dublin Bay -- Fermoy Bridge -- The Scalp, from the centre looking towards the east -- The Scalp, as seen from the western entrance -- Water fall at Poll-a-Phuca -- Doon Point, in the Island of Rathlin. Rock and rope Bridge at Carrick a Rede -- Group of Basaltic Columns.

Subject Terms:

Plumptre, Anne, 1760–1818. Narrative of a residence in Ireland during the summer of 1814, and that of 1815 -- Illustrations. | Ireland -- Pictorial works. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ireland. | Landscapes -- Ireland.

Form/Genre:

Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1817.

Contributors:

Plumptre, Anne, 1760–1818. Narrative of a residence in Ireland during the summer of 1814, and that of 1815.