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Descriptive Title: Surgical instruments for amputation.
Actual Title: Tome 6. Pl. 55
Artist: Jacob, Nicolas Henri, 1781-1871
Technique: lithography, with hand-colouring
Dimensions: 39 x 27 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI077-0524
Scope and Content: Surgical instruments for amputation, shown in isolation, in 27 numbered illustrations. Various scalpels, saws, hammers, scissors shown.
General: Plate drawn by N.H. Jacob; printed by Lemercier, Benard et Cie.
Artist: Lemercier, Benard
Subject: Amputation
Subject: Surgical Instruments
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme
Author: Bourgery, Marc Jean, 1797-1849
Published: Paris : C. Delaunay, 1831-1854
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Scenes from Madison Historical Society's summer Exhibition, "Over Here Over There - Madison In World War I". Sponsored by the Madison Historical Society, the Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives, Inc., and cthumanities, the exhibit opened July 30 at the Lee Academy (see madisonhistory.org/current-exhibitions/). It features many of the images and artifacts in the Albums shown at right, plus many many more along with informative research and commentary.
See other scenes from the Exhibit at flic.kr/s/aHskEaskZU
(Photo credit Bob Gundersen - www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
A Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the honourable East-India company,
London,Published by Parbury, Allen, & Co.,1828-29.
Huyghe may be the hottest artist in France at the moment ...
but I'm not a fan of video art and when the descriptive texts are often more "artistic" than the art itself, I find the latter more interesting.
Here we see room 1 of the exhibition "liminal" in the Punta della Dogana and I found the curation poor.
In this first room I bumped into an edge in the dark. The rooms were only as bright as the aquariums and video films provided light.
It would have been better to let people gradually get used to the darkness from room to room, coming from the bright light of Venice.
Making Tadao Ando visible was difficult.
ROOM 1 Liminal, 2024. Real time simulation,
sound, sensors / Estelarium, 2024. Basalt / Portal, 2024. Brass pole with environ-
mental sensors, camera, micro, sound, light, solar panel, real time recording and
emitting
Liminal, 2024
The liminal milieu exists as a sensitive membrane being both a space
and a human form.
The hollow human form, without brain, without face, and
without world, moves on an infinite and plane surface, surrounded by
the void.
Liminal is a transitional state between our sensible reality
and an inhuman entity, both affecting each other through the human
form, that becomes a “passeur,” an oracular figure.
Liminal is an empty vessel receiving invisible information in
real time through sensors present in the physical environment, or stimuli
from the outside. The human form makes subtle gestures, a language
which is read by the inhuman entity. In reaction to these gestures, the
inhuman entity responds by imparting different behaviors to the human
form.
The inhuman entity evolves as it searches for stimuli, as it
learns. Its memory is thus amplified over time, beyond the exhibition
and the human realm.
A brain organoid located in a lab made of few synthetic neural
circuits, gives the human form a residual sensory function. As a gate
keeper, subject to pain, the human form rejects unwanted information,
thus influencing the learning process of the inhuman entity.
Liminal therefore is an experiment, the simulation of a specu-
lative human condition.
Deutsch
Huyghe mag zur zeit der wohl angesagteste Künstler frankreichs sein ...
aber ich bin kein Freund von Video-Kunst und wenn die beschreibenden Texte oft "künstlerischer" sind, als die Kunst selbst, finde ich zweiteres interessanter.
Wir sehen hier Raum 1 der Ausstellung "liminal" in der Punta della Dogana und ich fand die Kuration schlecht. In diesem ersten Raum stieß ich im Dunkeln gegen eine Kante. Die Räume waren nur so hell, wie Aquarien und Videofilme gerade Licht spendeten.
Ich habe hier ein Bild gemacht à la Hänsel und Gretel verirrten sich im Wald ...
Man hätte die Menschen, von dem hellen Licht Venedigs kommend, besser sukzessive von Raum zu Raum an die Dunkelheit gewöhnen lassen sollen.
Tadao Ando sichtbar zu machen, war schwer.
RAUM 1 Liminal, 2024. Echtzeitsimulation,
Ton, Sensoren / Estelarium, 2024. Basalt / Portal, 2024. Messingstange mit Umweltsensoren, Kamera, Mikro, Ton, Licht, Solarpanel, Echtzeitaufzeichnung und
-emission
Liminal, 2024
Das liminale Milieu existiert als empfindliche Membran, die sowohl ein Raum
als auch eine menschliche Form ist.
Die hohle menschliche Form, ohne Gehirn, ohne Gesicht und
ohne Welt, bewegt sich auf einer unendlichen und ebenen Oberfläche, umgeben von
der Leere.
Liminal ist ein Übergangszustand zwischen unserer sinnlichen Realität
und einer unmenschlichen Entität, die sich beide durch die menschliche
Form gegenseitig beeinflussen, die zu einem „Passeur“, einer Orakelfigur wird.
Liminal ist ein leeres Gefäß, das unsichtbare Informationen in
Echtzeit durch Sensoren in der physischen Umgebung oder Reize
von außen empfängt. Die menschliche Form macht subtile Gesten, eine Sprache,
die von der unmenschlichen Entität gelesen wird. Als Reaktion auf diese Gesten reagiert das unmenschliche Wesen, indem es der menschlichen Form verschiedene Verhaltensweisen vermittelt. Das unmenschliche Wesen entwickelt sich, während es nach Reizen sucht und lernt. Sein Gedächtnis wird so im Laufe der Zeit über die Ausstellung und den menschlichen Bereich hinaus verstärkt. Ein Gehirnorganoid in einem Labor, das aus wenigen synthetischen neuronalen Schaltkreisen besteht, verleiht der menschlichen Form eine Restsensorfunktion. Als Torwächter, der Schmerzen ausgesetzt ist, lehnt die menschliche Form unerwünschte Informationen ab und beeinflusst so den Lernprozess des unmenschlichen Wesens. Liminal ist daher ein Experiment, die Simulation eines spekulativen menschlichen Zustands.
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The following descriptive text was written by the artist, Martin Travers. Travers painted this outstanding mural in 2002 on a wooden fence in Balmy Alley, the Mission District, San Francisco, California
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“NAYA BIHANA” is about communities taking their power back into their own hands, reclaiming what is theirs, utilizing the natural resources of their communities. The resources that have been taken from them for hundreds of years which have made Europe and North America so rich whilst keeping the rest of the world in dire poverty.
This mural depicts a community that has resisted and is reclaiming its power. The broken chains symbolize the breaking away from the imperial policies of the West and its financial institutions like the World Bank, IMF and the G8.
Nepal was chosen as the subject for this mural because it is one of the poorest countries in the world in which the poorest of them are rising up to regain their dignity and move Nepal into a state of self sufficiency and to determine their own future. Although I chose Nepal to represent an example of people struggling to be self sufficient, it could really be many other places in the world facing similar problems.
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Martin Travers is an international muralist, street artist and professional visual artist. He travels the world painting murals and working on community arts projects. Martin was born and raised in South London. He is a mural artist who has lived and worked in many different countries and his love for working
with communities has kept him close to the locals. Martin's art is rooted in a mixture of figurative realism, muralism and aerosol art. He derives inspiration from the rich heritage of artists working as social critics and documentarians. Influenced by the Mexican, Chicano and African American mural movements. His
art deals passionately with the concepts of identity and self-empowerment. Martin’s goal is to work towards building positive creative alternatives for at risk youth and communities and he specializes in teaching and facilitating workshops on this subject.
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
MP-0000.1750.8.8
Montreal Annex from Mount Royal, Montreal, QC, about 1910
Anonymous
About 1910, 20th century
Notman photographic Archives - McCord Museum
MP-0000.1750.8.8
L'annexe de Montréal depuis le mont Royal, Montréal, QC, vers 1910
Anonyme
Vers 1910, 20e siècle
Archives photographiques Notman - Musée McCord
To see the image file on the McCord Museum website, click on the following link:
www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-0000.1750.8.8
Pour voir la fiche descriptive de cette photographie sur le site Web du Musée McCord, cliquer le lien suivant:
www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/fr/collection/artefacts/MP-0000.1750.8.8
Dhanyakuria is a non descriptive village, near Barasat, about 40 km from Kolkata.
The non descriptive village houses some magnificent palaces belonging to the Gayen, Ballav, Sahoo and Mondal families.
Out of these the Gayen Bagan Bari of the Gayen Castle stands out.
The Cinderella styled castle is complete with towers and turrents, flanked by battlements and projected oriole windows.
Presently it is in sorry state with and have lost most of its ornamentation. The landscaped garden, with decorative fountains, which surrounded the castle is overgrown with grasses and weeds.
A detailed blog post on the Palaces of Dhanyakuria will be comming up soon in my blog.
A special thanks to my friend and fellow heritage enthusiast for arranging the necessary permission.
For more details refer to my blog post on Dhanyakuria
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
This descriptive plaque is located near the entrance to the carousel, with the river in the background.
I suppose it was just an accident of the way the sun was shining on it, but I thought the reflection was pretty cool ...
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Because I work and live in Manhattan, I don’t often visit the four other boroughs of New York City … but there’s a magical place in Brooklyn that I want to tell you about, located in Brooklyn Bridge Park at the edge of the East River. It’s right on the water, framed by the Manhattan Bridge on the north and the Brooklyn Bridge on the south. A few NYC residents and perhaps even a few visitors are already nodding their heads as they read this, but I suspect that most readers of these Flickr notes are as oblivious as I was, and have never heard of Jane’s Carousel.
“Jane” is, as I’ve now learned, Jane Walentas, an artist who spent 20 years overseeing the restoration of a magnificent 48-horse carousel, created by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, and first installed in a park in Youngstown, Ohio in 1922. Ms. Walentas and her husband, David, bought the carousel and the wooden horses at an auction in 1984 for $385,000; I have no idea what inspired them to do so, or what could possibly have inspired Jane to spend the next 20 years scraping off layers of paint and restoring the original design and colors, the pin-striping and the gold leaf as the carousel sat in a studio in Dumbo (for the non-New Yorkers who might have stumbled onto this page of notes, “DUMBO” is an acronym that means “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass).
Anyway, the carousel was opened in mid-September 2011, and for reasons unknown, I was completely oblivious as to its existence for the next three years. It’s located in a $9 million transparent acrylic “jewel box” that was designed by the French architect Jean Novel, and it’s absolutely stunning to see. My wife coaxed me into taking the somewhat laborious subway ride from the Upper West Side (via the “C” and the “F” trains) over to Brooklyn a couple days ago, and we were lucky to have chosen a brilliantly sunny Saturday afternoon, arriving just at the beginning of the “golden hour” when the light was perfect for photography.
In the three years since it opened, Jane’s Carousel has apparently attracted a lot of attention: there were some New Yorkers like me wandering around, and some visitors from nearby New Jersey and Long Island … but I also heard and saw evidence of visitors from France, Germany, Russia, Japan, Korea, and a lot of other places which would normally have great difficulty distinguishing Brooklyn from the Bronx or Staten Island. You can arrange birthday parties at the carousel; and there were heavily-costumed bridal parties along with the dog-walkers, the photographers, and the tour boats (including the venerable Circle Line) cruising up and down the East River.
And speaking of the East River, one of the most dazzling aspects of this place is the view that you get, with the two mammoth bridges spanning the river, along with the Wall Street skyline, the South Street Seaport, and the massive Freedom Tower in the background. Even if you didn’t spend a minute looking at the brightly painted carousel horses, and listening to the hypnotic music of the carousel, you could easily spend the afternoon watching the tugboats and sailboats and barges and ferries, the cruise boats and the motorboats chugging up and down the river. One can only imagine what it must have been like a century ago, before the railroads and jet planes had eliminated the bulk of water travel.
I’m embarrassed that it took me so long to visit this place, and I hope that you’ll take the hint and go see it yourself, at your first opportunity. If you would like to see some more details about the place, you might want to start with the official website for Jane’s Carousel, located here:
A New York Times article, written shortly before the official opening of the carousel in mid-September 2011, can be found here
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/arts/design/janes-carousel-at-...
and an October 2012 New Yorker article about the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the carousel can be found here:
www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-carousel-survives
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Maker: F.W. Maynard
Born: UK
Active: UK
Medium: book
Size: 10 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in
Location:
Object No. 2022.683
Shelf: N-41
Publication: F.W. Maynard, Descriptive Notice of the Drawings and Publications of the Arundel Society, from 1869 to 1873 Inclusive; (Being a continuation of "Twenty Yaers of the Arundel Society") Illustrated by Photographs of All the Publications, Arranged in the Order of Their Issue, Arundel Society, Nichols and Sons London, 1873
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Notes: A 1873 catalog illustrated with photographs listing the books published by the Arundel Society between 1869 and 1873 years. The Arundel Society was founded at London in 1849 and named after the Earl of Arundel, the famous collector of the Arundel Marbles and one of the first great English patrons and lovers of the arts. The society's purpose was to promote knowledge of the art works of the old Italian, Flemish, and other European masters. Much of the work of the society consisted of publishing chromolithographs of Italian art works, especially fresco paintings, of earlier centuries and raising public awareness for the preservation of these works. The society was discontinued in 1897.
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Descriptive Title: Treatment for a depressed skull fracture.
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 20 x 12 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI010-0021
Scope and Content: Treatment of patient with depressed skull fracture to the parietal bone. Surgical instrument used to drill into the bone and lift the fractured section.
General: Male head, in vivo.
Subject: Skull
Subject: Skull Fractures
Subject: Surgical Instruments
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Succenturiatus anatomicus
Author: Paaw, Pieter, 1564-1617
Published: Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Apud Iodocum á Colster, 1616
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
From a descriptive text on Germany's 1950s industrial reconstruction a rather fine view of the post-war reconstruction of the Germania Colliery in Dortmund-Marten, that belonged to the post-war grouping of the G.B.A.G. that had been spun out of the pre-war giant Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG. The company was one of the true giants of the deep coal mining business and operated some large collieries in the Ruhr district around Essen and Gelsenkirchen, shafts being organised so as to best utilise reserves that were both relatively easy to 'win' along with ones that were of more meager output.
I probably need some one with local knowledge but I'm wondering of one of the structures we see here is the headframes now relocated to the German Mining Museum at Bochum when the Germania complex closed in 1971?
The Museum's headframes. that stood over the main shaft of the Germania mine complex in Dortmund-Marten. Designed by renowned industrial architects, Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer, this solid-walled double headframe was constructed in 1943-44.
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Whether you have a clogged drain, a leak, a fowl smell coming from a drain, or you need to replace a boiler, plumbers are very handy. For most homeowners, a plumber will probably need to be called about once a year. For others, there may not be any plumbing problems for several years; but despite this, a plumber should be called to inspect the pipes on an annual basis. This will prevent leaks and other problems from developing in the first place, which will potentially save you the cost of hiring a remodeling contractor if you need to replace a wall or ceiling in your home. However, before hiring a plumber, there are a few steps you should take. First, ask for references. It’s best to select a plumber based on a recommendation from a friend or neighbor. If, however, a recommendation is not available, ask the plumber for references, and check them. If you can, get several estimates. Try to be as specific and descriptive as you can about your problem, so that you can get as accurate an estimate as possible. Note, however, that the price provided to you should not be the only factor you take into consideration. While an estimate that is significantly more costly than all the others might indicate price inflation, sometimes a more experienced professional can charge more than a beginner. Ask your plumber questions about his experience, and let him know if you’ve received lower estimates. Make sure your plumber is licensed. In most states this is a legal requirement, and it will protect you from liability as well as guarantee that your plumber is bonded, experienced, and legally permitted to perform plumbing work. We've been in Bastrop for years and believe in keeping business local. Give us a call today for all of your plumbing needs! 512-640-2661
VIEW-25493
Mount Stephen Club, Drummond Street, Montreal, QC, 1934-35
Wm. Notman & Son
1934-1935, 20th century
Notman photographic Archives - McCord Museum
VIEW-25493
Club Mount Stephen, rue Drummond, Montréal, QC, 1934-1935
Wm. Notman & Son
1934-1935, 20e siècle
Archives photographiques Notman - Musée McCord
To see the image file on the McCord Museum website, click on the following link:
www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-25493
Pour voir la fiche descriptive de cette photographie sur le site Web du Musée McCord, cliquer le lien suivant:
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Scenes from Madison Historical Society's summer Exhibition, "Over Here Over There - Madison In World War I". Sponsored by the Madison Historical Society, the Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives, Inc., and cthumanities, the exhibit opened July 30 at the Lee Academy (see madisonhistory.org/current-exhibitions/). It features many of the images and artifacts in the Albums shown at right, plus many many more along with informative research and commentary.
This panel is dedicated to Paul Pavelka, a Madison adventurous resident who served in the Lafayette Escadrille.
The color painting insert is "Nieuports of Lafayette Escadrille", displayed here with permission of the artist Robert Karr (www.facebook.com/Robert.Karr.Artist/). It is
Number 7 of 79 limited edition prints by Artist Rober Karr, © 2010. Please do not copy it.
See other scenes from the Exhibit at flic.kr/s/aHskEaskZU
(Photo credit Bob Gundersen - www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
Go to Page 552 in the Internet Archive
Title: A manual of human anatomy [electronic resource] : descriptive, practical, and general
Creator: Knox, Robert, 1791-1862
Creator: Westmacott, Richard, 1775-1859
Creator: Phillips, John, Sir, 1855-1928, former owner
Creator: Blandford, G. Fielding, (George Fielding) 1829-1911 former owner
Creator: King's College London
Publisher: London : Renshaw
Sponsor: Jisc and Wellcome Library
Contributor: King's College London, Foyle Special Collections Library
Date: 1853
Language: eng
Description: "Illustrated by 250 highly finished wood engravings, from drawings by Dr. Westmacott." -- title page
Includes index
This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London
King’s College London
If you have questions concerning reproductions, please contact the Contributing Library.
Note: The colors, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life. They are derived from scanned images that have been enhanced for machine interpretation and have been altered from their originals.
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Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
Descriptive Title: Dissection of the head and neck, cranial, spinal and sympathetic nerves.
Actual Title: Tome 3. Pl. 93
Artist: Jacob, Nicolas Henri, 1781-1871
Technique: lithography, with hand-colouring
Dimensions: 36 x 23 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI077-0268
Scope and Content: Dissection of the head and neck, cranial and sympathetic nerves, shown in situ. Neck muscles, salivary glands, carotid artery also shown. Lateral view.
General: Plate drawn by N.H. Jacob; transferred to the stone by Léveillé. Printed by Lemercier.
Artist: Léveillé
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme
Author: Bourgery, Marc Jean, 1797-1849
Published: Paris : C. Delaunay, 1831-1854
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Descriptive Title: Muscles.
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 10 x 22 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI040-0003
Scope and Content: Muscles, superioficial view. Male figure, lateral view.
General: Figure shown in a landscape.
General: Illustration serves as head-piece. Repeated at p. 1, 11, 60, 91, 103.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Myotomia reformata
Author: Cowper, William, 1666-1709
Published: London : Printed for Robert Knaplock, and William and John Innys ...; and Jacob Tonson ..., 1724
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
A descriptive catalogue of choice vegetable, flower, and agricultural seeds /.
Boston, MA :Curtis & Cobb..
Possible/probable descriptive text associated with 107P-KSC-66P-300:
"Lift off of Saturn Mission SA-203, the second in the up-rated Saturn I development mission series, was accomplished from the Cape's Launch Complex 37 at 10:53 a.m., July 5, 1966.
The up-rated Saturn I - consisting of an S-IB stage, S-IVB stage, and an instrument unit - boosted an unmanned payload into an original orbit of 185 by 189 kilometres. The inboard engine cut-off of the first stage occurred after 2 minutes 18 seconds of flight and the outboard engine cut-off was 4 seconds later. The S-IVB engine burned 4 minutes 50 seconds. No recovery was planned and the payload was expected to enter the earth's atmosphere after about four days."
An absolutely stunning photograph.
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Title: Union Pacific Locomotive X-20
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20988316
Date: Ca. 1961
Creator: Switchmen's Union of North America (SUNA)
Image ID: 5003pb62f091
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Taken 19/08/13: A useful laminated descriptive card is handed to you as you enter Donegal Castle, but you hand it in on the way out. Therefore these notes rely on a combination of my failling memory and my sketchy knowledge of Irish history, with some help from the net.
As a starting point, this is probbaly not the first fortification or castle built on this site, the protection afforded by the River Eske making it an obvious location for both the local population and invaders, including the Vikings. The keep on the right of the picture dates from the 15th Century, being built by the elder Sir Hugh O’Donnell. Broadly the O'Donnell Clan were the Chieftans of Donegal. To put this in context, although since the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1171 English Kings had been Lords of Ireland, they exercised little power or influence outwith the Dublin Pale. So at the time of the castle's construction through to the end of the 16th Century, the O'Donells held power in Donegal, or to be accurate the area then known as Tyrconnel
English attempts to extend their infuence beyond the Dublin Pale led to the Nine Years' War of 1594-1603, in which the O'Donnells along with the Ulster O'Neils were the main Irish participants. With the Spanish never arriving to support their fellow Catholics, the English prevailed at the Battle of Kinsale in 1601. Although in 1603 the pragamatic James 1 granted pardons, subject to conditions, to the O'Donnells and the O'Neils effectively this was the end of the Gaelic order and Brehon Laws in Ireland, Dimished in status (and I am precising hugely here and merging successive O'Donnells into one) the Earl of Tyrconnell set fire to Donegal Castle and joined the Flight of the Earls in 1607 to mainland Europe, which directly led to Tyrconnell being colonised in the Plantation of Ulster (and bear in mind here that the term Ulster has not always been used to denote the 'six counties' that make up the current Northern Ireland).
In the Plantation era the Castle was rebuilt in the Jacobean style by Sir Basil Brooke and the 'manor house' wing that appears on the left of the picture was built. The Brooke family owned the castle for many generations until it fell into a ruinous state in the 18th century. In 1898 the then owner, the Earl of Arran, donated the castle to the Office of Public Works. When I first saw the Castle in circa 1985, it was in poor repair and, I think, roofless. However, in recent years the castle has been renovated; the keep has had new roofing and flooring added, in keeping with the original styles and techniques used in the 15th and 17th centuries. The stonework has been restored and the manor wing has been partially roofed. The oak timbers used came from the Brookeborough Estate in County Fermanagh. The castle is now open to the public.
A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, containing descriptions and figures of all the species
Darlington,H. Penney, Printer,1858.
Descriptive Title: Brain cyst.
Actual Title: Plate XIII.
Artist: Kirtland, G.
Technique: stipple engraving, colour-printed
Dimensions: 33 x 25 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI071-0014
Scope and Content: Brain cyst, shown in isolation. Brain shown with large cyst on the inferior surface of the temporal lobe. Cyst has been dissected to removed liquid contents. Some cranial nerves and carotid arteries also shown. Inferior view.
General: Plate signed by the artist, G. Kirtland; and the engraver J. Wedgewood. Dated Jany. 1826.
Artist: Wedgewood, J.
Subject: Brain
Subject: Cysts
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Morbid anatomy of the human brain
Author: Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835
Published: London : Printed for the author; and sold by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm