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Beranger Watercolour

UCD Library Special Collections holds 18th century watercolours depicting Irish antiquities by Gabriel Beranger.

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Identity Statement

Reference code IE/ UCD/SC/WAT

Title
Beranger Watercolours.

Dates
[1700s-1820s?].

Level of Description
Fonds.

Extent
39 items.

Context

Creator
Gabriel Beranger (1729-1817).

Biographical History

  • Gabriel Beranger was born in the Netherlands. He moved to Dublin in 1750.
  • During the 1760s Beranger sketched ruins and standing buildings and other sites of interest in the Dublin area.
  • He exhibited at the Society of Artists from 1763 to 1768, contributing landscapes, sea pieces, and ‘medleys’. 
  • In 1773 Beranger and another artist, Angelo Bigari, made a tour of western Ireland in 1779.

Source of Acquisition
Purchased by UCD in 1968-9.

Scope and Content
  • 39 18th century watercolour drawings, done by or for Gabriel Beranger, and known as the ‘Beranger’ watercolours.
  • The subjects of the drawings are antiquarian sites containing general views and details of, principally, churches, abbeys and castles.
  • There is a small amount of pre-historic subjects.
Access and Use

Reproduction
Photocopying of archival collections is not permitted. Photography permissions and policies vary. Please contact (opens in a new window)special.collections@ucd.ie for more details regarding the photography of this specific collection.

Language
English.

Finding Aid
Descriptive list.

Allied Materials
Gabriel Beranger material is also held at the (opens in a new window)National Library of Ireland and the (opens in a new window)Library of the Royal Irish Academy.

More Information

View the collection online in the (opens in a new window)UCD Digital Library.

Find Information on Gabriel Beranger in the (opens in a new window)Dictionary of Irish Biography.

UCD Special Collections

James Joyce Library, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 7149 | E: special.collections@ucd.ie