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Journal TitleIrish arts review
Article TitleEt in arcadia ego
AuthorMulligan, Kevin V
Volume33
Issue(4)
Page(s)pp578-583
DateWinter, December 2016 / February 2017
Contentillustrations, photos, text
Note(s)The author salutes the restoration of two exceptional architectural monuments in County Monaghan that embody a moral message about the transience of life. The Dawson Monument is a Roman Tuscan column, 60 feet in height, erected in memory of Richard Dawson, MP, who died in 1807 at the relatively young age of 44.
Subject(s)monuments ; sculpture ; memorials ; conservation ; marble ; repair ; columns ; Neoclassical ; temples ; obelisks ; demesnes
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