Glenmore Castle, the Seat of Francis Synge, Esqr.

Artist(s) : John Carr (Draughtsman)

View of Glenmore Castle, in Co. Wicklow. The imposing building is on the top of a hill descending onto a river. Thick woods are on the river bank below. On the opposite side of the river, a man and two women are walking on a path along the water.

Inscribed in Image

Signature – Drawn by J. Carr Esq.
Caption outside of boundaries of image – Glenmore Castle, the Seat of Francis Synge, Esq^r. / Published June 4. by R. Phillips. N^o. 6, New Bridge Street, Blackfriars

Image Details

Genre	Landscape
Technique	Aquatints
Subject(s)	Architecture, Forts and fortifications, Nature
Geographical Location	Glenmore Castle - Castle Wicklow - County Leinster - Province
Keywords(s)	Buildings, Castles, Hills, Lands, Mansions, Men, People, Rivers, Trees
Colour	Coloured
Dimensions	13.3 cm x 20.2 cm
Published / created	1806

Bibliographical Details

Travel Account	The stranger in Ireland
Contributor(s)	John Carr — Role: Draughtsman John Carr — Role: Author of travel text
Print or manuscript	Print
Location of image in copy	opp. p. 147
Source copy	National Library of Ireland LO 2699 Dir. Off.
Permalink	https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/?id=ii_image_1371208140&object_type=image&ttce_function=5
Rights	Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Related text from travel account

From Rosanna we proceeded to Glenmore-castle, through the most rich and romantic country. The Castle, the seat of Francis Synge, Esq. has not yet received the hoary tints of time; some of its battlements were constructing at the time of my visit; but when it is completed, and well coloured by the elements, it will be a fine object. At a little distance it seems to impend over a vast abrupt precipice, from which it commands a superb view of the country, and the entrance of the celebrated Devil's-glen, into which we descended through a well-planted shrubbery. [p. 147]