Hardiman, James: Volume of Drawings
- a distant view of Galway;
- ruins of the old Castle, Mutton Island, 1812 (watercolour with initials written in ink, P.J.H. 1811, depicting ‘from the northern, landward side, the central structure as out-topping - even in its dilapidated state, with rubble lying at its base - the flanking towers’);
- County Infirmary Galway;
- Galway town Gaol;
- Cross Bones House “taken down 1830”;
- Distant view of Galway;
- New collegiate chapel of St Nicholas’, Galway, founded 1816;
- Furbo residence for John Blake, with pleasure boat;
- Ardfry Castle seat of Joseph Blake, Lord Wallcourt, with initials EHA;
- view of Dangan House, mansion of Richard Martin Esq. MP, also includes image view of Menlo Castle, seat of the John Blake, and Valentine Blake MP, included initials EHA July 1821;
- Presentation Convent, Galway Newcastle,
- ruins of Tyrellan Castle property of the Earls of Clanricarde; a view of Harbour of Galway, June 1821; and
- Lynch's Castle, Galway.
Volume with drawings (pasted into it) with captions, of various scenes and objects in Galway city and its environs, several of which were used in Hardiman's ‘History of Galway’ (published in 1820). The artist’s name or initial is often given together with the date. Most of the drawings (used for engraved illustrations in Hardiman’s History) are monochrome but one has a slight colour tint.
The drawings include
Hardiman advised readers in a postscript in his book that ‘With respect of the Engravings, no pains have been spared that they should be properly executed, and that the drawings should be correct. The distant prospect of Galway, and the views of the church, Lynch’s castle, the county court-house, bridge, and prison, were taken by an ingenious artist, brought from Dublin solely for the purpose…The principal engravings have been executed by some of the best engravers which Dublin could afford’’. (The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 1820, Hardiman, James, pre-printed by the Connacht Tribune Printing and Publishing Company Ltd., Galway, 1958).
