1984.0036
Print, excluding titles H. 13.1 W. 18.4 Page W. 28.5 Plain gold frame H. 27.6 W. 31.7
Print. Titled Old Castle and Johns Bridge at Limerick / Published according to Act of Parliament by Geo Kearsley, No. 46 Fleet Street, July the 2nd, 1780. Below print l., P Sandby RA pinxt; r. T Cook sculp. Above print r., Plate 90. B/w view of bridge and King Johns Castle from Clare bank of the river upstream of bridge. Tall stone buildings at waterline on Clare bank r.; woman bent over getting water in a dish for pouring into a stave built vessel, man standing beside her, horse and cart with water barrel, solid wheels, emerging from the river to r. foreground. Small guardhouse on 12th arch of bridge towards Clare side, gatehouse and buildings on castle green at city side. People on horseback on bridge. St Marys Cathedral with flag on tower behind; mast of sailing ship behind bridge r. R/ blank. Print impressed, with raised edges. Plate in The Virtuosi's Museum: containing select news in England, Scotland and Ireland. Published between 1778 and 1780