print
- Museum number
- 1872,1012.591
- Title
- Object: The East Prospect of the Giants Causway in the County of Antrim in the Kingdom of Ireland
- Description
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View of a spit of land made up of small polygonal columns of rock made up of separate stones placed one on top of the other, extending into the sea on the right, a higher block in the centre and cliffs descending on the left, men in the left foreground looking at the rocks, one seeing how two pieces fit perfectly together, two couples talking on the right and a party sitting on the rocks in the middle; after Drury; republished state. 1743/4, this state 1777
Etching
- Production date
- 1743-1744
- Dimensions
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Height: 420 millimetres
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Width: 698 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One of a pair, see the 'West Prospect...' (1872,1012.592).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1872,1012.591
