A Sketch Book of Eighteen Drawings and Watercolours, entitled 'Ireland' comprising: 'Creg Castle on the Blackwater, Cork Co'; 'Bridge Town Old Inn at the junction of the Awbeg with the Blackwater; 'Castletown, Roche, on the Awbeg, once the seat of the Roches' (now called Castle Widdenham); ' Castle Hyde, near Fermoy, Cork Co., on the Blackwater'; 'Kilmallock'; 'Thomond Bridge, Limerick'; 'Carlingford Castle, Louth Co.' [3]; 'St Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Derg Co.'; 'Lough Esk, near Donegal'; 'Rathmullen, Lough Swilly, Donegal Co.'; 'A Bridge near Derry'; 'Carrickfergus Castle on Belfast Lough, Antrim Co.'; 'Glenarm, East Coast of Antrim'; 'Cushenden, East Coast Antrim'; 'Ben Yevenagh, Mountain of Basalt, Lough Foyle, near Walworth House, Derry Co.'; and 'Near Larne, East Coast of Antrim'
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Henry Brocas Senior (1762-1837)
A Sketch Book of Eighteen Drawings and Watercolours, entitled 'Ireland' comprising: 'Creg Castle on the Blackwater, Cork Co'; 'Bridge Town Old Inn at the junction of the Awbeg with the Blackwater; 'Castletown, Roche, on the Awbeg, once the seat of the Roches' (now called Castle Widdenham); ' Castle Hyde, near Fermoy, Cork Co., on the Blackwater'; 'Kilmallock'; 'Thomond Bridge, Limerick'; 'Carlingford Castle, Louth Co.' [3]; 'St Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Derg Co.'; 'Lough Esk, near Donegal'; 'Rathmullen, Lough Swilly, Donegal Co.'; 'A Bridge near Derry'; 'Carrickfergus Castle on Belfast Lough, Antrim Co.'; 'Glenarm, East Coast of Antrim'; 'Cushenden, East Coast Antrim'; 'Ben Yevenagh, Mountain of Basalt, Lough Foyle, near Walworth House, Derry Co.'; and 'Near Larne, East Coast of Antrim'
each inscribed with title
four pencil, four pen and grey ink, four pen and grey ink and grey wash, six with watercolour, eighteen, all on the pages of the sketch book
the sketchbook measuring 6 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (15.6 x 22.6 cm.) overall
A Sketch Book of Eighteen Drawings and Watercolours, entitled 'Ireland' comprising: 'Creg Castle on the Blackwater, Cork Co'; 'Bridge Town Old Inn at the junction of the Awbeg with the Blackwater; 'Castletown, Roche, on the Awbeg, once the seat of the Roches' (now called Castle Widdenham); ' Castle Hyde, near Fermoy, Cork Co., on the Blackwater'; 'Kilmallock'; 'Thomond Bridge, Limerick'; 'Carlingford Castle, Louth Co.' [3]; 'St Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Derg Co.'; 'Lough Esk, near Donegal'; 'Rathmullen, Lough Swilly, Donegal Co.'; 'A Bridge near Derry'; 'Carrickfergus Castle on Belfast Lough, Antrim Co.'; 'Glenarm, East Coast of Antrim'; 'Cushenden, East Coast Antrim'; 'Ben Yevenagh, Mountain of Basalt, Lough Foyle, near Walworth House, Derry Co.'; and 'Near Larne, East Coast of Antrim'
each inscribed with title
four pencil, four pen and grey ink, four pen and grey ink and grey wash, six with watercolour, eighteen, all on the pages of the sketch book
the sketchbook measuring 6 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (15.6 x 22.6 cm.) overall