Jonas Blaymire
Jonas Blaymire (died 1763) was an architectural draughtsman, surveyor and measurer likely of Yorkshire or County Durham origins active in Dublin and Ireland for much of the 18th century from at least 1736 until his death in 1763.[1][2]
It is supposed that he may be the Mr "Bell Mires" that taught Thomas Ivory draughtsmanship. His name is also at times spelled Blaymyre.
He is most known today for a series of illustrations commissioned by Walter Harris for Historiographorum Aliorumque Scriptorum Hiberniae Commentarium: or, a history of the Irish writers (1736), Ware's Works[3] (1738) and the The History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin: From the Earliest Accounts (1766) all of which featured original illustrations as well as adapted works from earlier illustrations of buildings within Charles Brooking's map of Dublin (1728).[4][5]
Among his more famous works are illustrations of Armagh Cathedral, Lismore Cathedral, Kildare Cathedral, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, St Columb's Cathedral[6], Cloyne Cathedral, St Canice's Cathedral, Cashel Cathedral and Clonmacnoise.[7][8][9][10]
He died at Loughboy, County Kilkenny on 12 June 1763.[11]
See also
- Charles Brooking's map of Dublin (1728)
- A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin
- Joseph Tudor
External links
References
- ^ "Jonas Blaymire, Topographical Draughtsman - Irish Artists". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ Long Room. 1994. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "The whole works of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland : revised and improved. ... Written in Latin ... newly translated into English ... and continued ... / by Walter Harris, Esq; in two volumes". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "The History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin: From the Earliest Accounts". J. Knox. 1766. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "Harris: Hibernica". www.askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ "Villanova Digital Library - The East End of the Cathedral Church of Derry :: Digital Library@Villanova University". digital.library.villanova.edu. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ "Jonas Blaymire". Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ theirishaesthete (2017-11-11). "The Passing of a Pioneer". The Irish Aesthete. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ Conservation, Institute of Historic Building. "Restoration v repair". www.designingbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ "Villanova Digital Library - Whole works of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland, revised and improved. v. 1 :: Digital Library@Villanova University". digital.library.villanova.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ "Dictionary of Irish Architects". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 20 January 2025.