Drawings Bronze Age swords & dress-fastener from Ireland
Object number
LDSAL2020.38.195
Artist/Designer/Maker
Basire, James - Artist
Production date
1786
Material
paper
ink
pen
Wash
ink
pen
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 224mm
Width: 283mm
Width: 283mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Bronze Swords, found in the Bog of Cullen, Co. Tipperary, also a Mamilliary of Gold found on the breast of a Figure
Archæologia III. p. 355.
Archæologia III. p. 355.
Inscription content
Basire Del.
Inscription content
2 feet 2 Inches ½
2 feet 9 Inches
4 Inches 1/6
4 Inches 1/6
2 feet 9 Inches
4 Inches 1/6
4 Inches 1/6
References
Reference (free text)
Governor [Thomas] Pownall, 'An Account of Some Irish Antiquities', Archaeologia 3 (1786): 355-70.
Illustration (Engraving), pl. XIX, opp. p. 355.
Reference (free text)
Michael Herity, 'Early Finds of Irish Antiquities from the Minute Books of the Society of Antiquaries of London', Antiquaries Journal 49 (1969): 1-21.
Illustration, fig. c, pl. III, between pp. 6 and 7.
This is the preparatory drawing from which the published engraving (see Bibliography) was made.
