Title: Interior to St Brendan's oratory, Inisglora
- Title of artwork:
- Interior to St Brendan's oratory, Inisglora
- Artist:
- Stokes, Margaret
- Materials:
- Paper (fiber material), Ink
- Techniques:
- Wood engraving
- Title of Publication:
- Early Christian architecture in Ireland
- Publisher:
- George Bell and Son
- Publication place:
- London
- Publication date:
- 1878
- Curator Comment:
- Margaret Stokes’ Early Christian architecture in Ireland, (1878) contributed significantly to Irish visual cultural studies in 19th-century Ireland. Richly illustrated with engraved topographical views, ancient archaeological sites and details of architectural construction and decoration, the volume was a reflection of a burgeoning Irish cultural awareness which demanded informed, accessible textual and illustrated sources.
- Note on artwork:
- The page shows a wood-engraving after Margaret Stokes’s drawing of St Brendan’s oratory on the remote island of Inishglora off the north Mayo coast. It is signed with her monogram in the bottom left corner. Taken from an elevated viewpoint, the artist has carefully observed the construction of the building and the formation of the stones used including projecting corbels which would have supported the, now missing, roof.
- References:
- ODNB, Snoddy,
