Print
Specifics:
- Type
of print: Intaglio: Steel engraving - Original antique
print
- Year
of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1841
- Original
artist: W.H. Bartlett, Engraver: Bradshaw
- Publisher: Virtue and Co. City Road and Ivy lane, London
- Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good -
4. Fair).
- Dimensions:
8 x 10.5 inches, (19,5 x 26,5 cm) including blank margins (borders)
around the image.
- Paper
weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium
heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse
side: Blank
- Note: (1)
Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting
background on which the print was photographed. (2) The print detail is
much sharper than the photo of the print.
Original Narrative:
- From
Macroom I again turned westward out of my direct route to Cork, for the
purpose of visiting the Lakes Allua and Gougaune Barra, near to which
the river Lee takes its rise, in a country of such peculiarly romantic
beauty as well entitles it to a visit from every traveller possessing
the least taste for nature in the rude grandeur of her solitary
retreats. The road, which at first is not very interesting and rather
circuitous, runs through the valley of Garra and the rugged tract
called " O'Leary's Country ', " but as I approached the
village of Inchageela it assumed a wilder and more striking aspect,
being everywhere broken up into craggy hills, clothed
with heath, furze, and numerous
other shrubs and plants that flourish in these rocky
regions. Emerging from a deep glen, I came in view of the
village, which is only an irregular assemblage of poor habitations, and
of the ancient Castle of Carrignacurra, formerly a place of some
strength belonging to the O'Learys, but now reduced to a single lofty
tower, whose moss-covered walls, surrounded by thriving
plantations, afford an agreeable relief to the eye amidst the wild and
cheerless scenery in which it stands.
Martin2001
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