• Title: High Altar-Loughrea
  • Reference Code: IE/NIVAL EC/237
  • Level of Description: Item
  • Creation Dates: 1881-03-14
  • Extent And Medium: Paper Size: 65.2 x 44.9 cms Technique: Pencil, Pen & Ink & Watercolour
  • Creators:
  • Repository: NIVAL

Scope and Content

Coloured elevation, side elevation, vertical section and half plan for altarpiece, featuring carved statues of St Patrick and St Bridget in niches at either side. Also includes carved relief scenes of the last supper (on the base), and the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Crucifixion (centre), the Presentation in the Temple, and the Coronation of the Virgin.

Annotated in pen, 'High Altar Convent of Mercy Loughrea. Material Caen stone. Shafts Irish marble. Altar table Sicilian marble Group subjects, last supper, annunciation, visitation, presentation in the temple, coronation and the Crucifixion. St Patrick and St Bridget', 'Side elevation', 'Elevation', 'inches, feet', 'No 1', 'Vertical section line YY', 'Half plan line AA', 'Half plan line', and 'Earley and Powells Dublin March 14th 1881'.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Stained

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