Bishop's Court 1814
Date made: 1814
Artist: unknown artist
Description: “About one mile from Kirk Michael on the road to Ramsay stands the Bishop’s Palace a large irregular building: the present Bishop is adding to and improving it. (Samuel Dukinfield Swarbreck, Tour through the Isle of Man by Captain William Latham, July 1815, M 07398)
This mounted lithographic view is part of Sarah Jametta Crigan's sketchbook. The lithograph is cut from T. Ashe's sketchbook, 1825 (the series engraved by Haghe) annotated in the same hand and ink as signature on cover (1825). Sarah Jametta was the daughter of Claudius Crigan (Bishop of Sodor and Man 1784-1813) and author of 'Memoirs of Major Charles Crigan' (her brother) published in 1864.
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Measurements: 18cm x 27cm
Materials: paper
Object name: lithograph
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1959-0334/10