An essay on the origin and progress of Gothic architecture, with reference to the ancient history and present state of the remains of such architecture in Ireland, to which was awarded the prize proposed by the Royal Irish Academy for the best essay on that subject
A prize essay on the origins of Gothic architecture and its surviving Irish examples, written by Thomas Bell and published in Dublin in 1829 with lithographic plates by Charles Hullmandel, aimed at antiquarians and members of the Royal Irish Academy. The plates are tonal lithographs of church doorways and windows, showing chevron and cable mouldings, carved capitals, and stone coursing, plus diagram plates comparing arch profiles, useful as sources for repeating geometric border patterns and masonry textures.
