Of the ten lithographed plates only five carry numbers (I, II, VII, VIII, X).
Contents
[T.pl.] - Index To The Plates - Ardfert Cathedral - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
The plates of photographs are unsigned. The title-plate and one of the lithographed plates are unsigned by draughtsman or lithographer; the rest are signed by A(rthur) Hill (pl. [IX] as drawn by him). The title-plate and five lithographed plates carry the imprint of the photolithographer, 'Kell Bros. Lithrs. Castle St. London E.C.'
Summary Note
Publication-dates rangeing from 1868 to 1870 accompany many of A. Hill's signatures. No publication-place is given on the title-plate, but the text printed on the upper cover states it to be 'Cork'.
The work describes the cathedral built largely in the 12th and 13th centuries but with later additions, on the site of a monastery founded by Saint Brendan in the sixth century. The ruins include a Romanesque west doorway, 13th-century east window, nine lancets in the south wall, effigies of the late 13th to early 14th centuries, and 15th-century battlements. (Within the adjoining graveyard is the church of Temple Na Hoe, about which Hill wrote a separate monograph.)
The ten lithographed plates show plans, elevations, sections, views and architectural details. These are followed by two unnumbered plates carrying two photographs each, showing interior and exterior views. Two further photographs are included - one acting as an in-text headpiece to the Index To The Plates, showing a round-arched doorway, the other attached to the title-plate, showing a bas-relief of a bishop.
Provenance
The upper cover is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Academy of Arts by the Author'. Received in 1870 (See 'Librarian's Report for the Year 1870', RA Annual Report, Appendix No. 6, p. 30).
Copy Note
The upper cover has the words 'Student of the Royal Academy' inscribed in ink below the printed text 'Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects'.
Binding Note
19th-century quarter brown cloth, cream papered boards, upper cover printed with title in red, 'Ancient Irish Architecture - Ardfert Cathedral Co. Kerry - Drawn and Lithographed by Arthur Hill BE Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Cork. 1870.'
Subject
Architecture - Architecture details - Churches - Cathedrals - Ruins - Ireland - Kerry - Ardfert - History - 12th century - 13th century - Romanesque - Gothic
Art history - Plans - Elevations - Sections - Views - Ireland - 19th century
Pictorial works - Photolithographs - Photographs - Photomechanical prints - Ireland - 19th century