[Ancient Irish Horn]

Wood engraving of an ancient bronze horn in the Royal Irish Academy. <br>The item was shown to the author by Edward Clibborn, then curator of the Academy’s museum.

Image Details

Genre	Scientific or Technical illustration
Technique	Wood engravings
Subject(s)	Antiquities and archaeological sites
Geographical Location	Dublin – County Dublin – Town or city Leinster – Province Royal Irish Academy – Named locality
Keyword(s)	Antiquities, Musical instruments
Colour	Monochrome
Dimensions	2.4 cm x 2.2 cm
Published / created	1847

Bibliographical Details

Travel Account	A summer visit to Ireland in 1846
Contributor(s)	Theresa Cornwallis Whitby West — Role: Author of travel text
Print or manuscript	Print
Location of image in copy	p. 40
Source copy	National Library of Ireland J 9141
Alternative source This is a link to a digital copy hosted by an external website.	http://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002067948399?urlappend=%3Bseq=58
Permalink	https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/view/image/ii_image_1371112023
Rights	Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Related text from travel account

Mr. Clibborn [in the Royal Irish Academy] wound a large powerful horn brazen, in two compartments, nearly round, that like Orlando's, was calculated to strike terror into faint hearts; and then pointed out the remains of a clarshach the ancient Irish harp; old grinding-stones, called <em>querns</em>, quite scriptural in form, rosaries, [p. 41] &c. A buckle on the principle of the antique has been invented for young Ireland; it is uncommonly well contrived, so as when clasped to form a shamrock. [pp. 40-41]