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Auteur(s) : Harbison, Peter (1939-2023)
Titre(s) : William Burton Conyngham and his Irish circle of antiquarian artists [Texte imprimé] / Peter Harbison
Publication : New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art : Yale
University Press, [2012]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-226 pages) : illustrations ; 30 cm
Comprend : William Burton Conyngham : Maecenas and Superior Patriot ; The Genesis of Burton Conyngham's
Collection of Drawings ; The Hibernian Antiquarian Society ; Expeditions to Glendalough,
Connacht, Wexford, Tipperary and Down ; Artists Represented in Burton Conyngham's
Collection-I : The Four Bs ; Artists Represented in Burton Conyngham's Collection-II
: Other Artists ; Catalogue sources.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215) and index
"In the midst of a resurgence of pride in Ireland's history during the 18th century,
William Burton, later Conyngham (1733-1796), strove to emulate his British counterparts
in producing albums of engravings illustrating the beauties of the country's heritage.
To further his aims, he formed the Hibernian Antiquarian Society, which lasted only
four years due to internal strife. Nevertheless, Burton Conyngham began acquiring
drawings of antiquities, and then commissioned Gabriel Beranger and his fellow artists
Angelo Bigari and John James Barralet to make sketches of dolmens, churches, abbeys,
and castles in areas which were not represented in existing works.In its day, Burton
Conyngham's was regarded as the most significant collection of such drawings in Ireland.
This volume reconstructs that collection, cataloguing more than 600 drawings, which
he was known to have secured by about 1780. Also presented in this monograph is the
considerable number of copies that were made of the original works as security against
damage to the collective whole or the death of its owner"--
Sujet(s) : Conyngham, William Burton (1733-1796) -- Collections d'art
Dessin -- 18e siècle -- Thèmes, motifs
Aquarelle -- 18e siècle -- Thèmes, motifs
Ruines (esthétique) -- Irlande -- 18e siècle
Hibernian Antiquarian society
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300180725. - ISBN 0300180721 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42757487p
Notice n° :
FRBNF42757487
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