Abbey of Slane, County Meath - Fisher, Jonathan (Irish painter, active 1763, died 1809) (My University, 2008)
Fisher was a painter and engraver in Ireland, working after the Dutch and Italian landscape painting tradition. He is best known by engravings after his designs, of which a large number were produced during his career.[notes from Irish Paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland 2001] Depicted in the present illustration is the 15th century Abbey of Slane. The image is signed, Jon. Fisher, and dated.
Keywords: Slane; Abbey of Slane; Slane Abbey; Abbeys; Ruins; Art, Irish; Drawing, Irish; 18th century