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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 36
Title:: Sketch of Geysire
Scope & Content:: Pencil sketch of the geyser at Geysir, Iceland, with the tent in the background. Preparatory sketch for Add MS 15511, f. 37.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 37
Title:: 'View of the Crater of Geyser immediately after an eruption when empty', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Drawing of the geyser at Geysir, Iceland. With a member of the expedition and a man in local dress standing on the edge of the geyser looking in, two others seated nearby, and two men and a woman standing by the tent. There are two smaller versions of this drawing on Add MS 15511, f. 38. Signed...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 38
Title:: Two drawings of the geyser at Geysir, Iceland, by Charles Ruotte
Scope & Content:: Two drawings of the geyser at Geysir, Iceland, on separate sheets numbered 38 and 39 mounted onto the same folio. Add MS 15511, f. 37 is a larger version of this drawing, signed by John Cleveley, 1772, with two additional figures standing by the tent. Both sheets signed by Charles Ruotte, 1774.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1774
Extent:: 2 drawings

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 40
Title:: Bird's Eye View of the Crater of Geiser
Scope & Content:: Drawing of the geyser at Geysir, Iceland, looking into the vent from above. Unsigned and undated.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 42
Title:: Drawing of geyser eruption, by Charles Ruotte
Scope & Content:: Drawing of geyser erupting. Same view as Add MS 15511, f 43 and 44. Signed: 'Ch. Ruotte delin. 1774' (bottom left).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1774
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 43
Title:: 'View of the Eruption of Geiser', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Drawing of geyser at Geysir, Iceland, erupting. With a man and a woman in local dress standing beside the vent. Same view as Add MS 15511, f. 42 and 44, but with more detail and with human figures. Used for the engraving by W. H. C. Edwards in William Jackson Hooker, Journal of a tour in Iceland...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 44
Title:: Geyser erupting, drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Drawing of geyser erupting. Same view as Add MS 15511, f 42 and 43. Signed: 'Jno. Cleveley Junr. Delint. 1772' (bottom left).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 45
Title:: Section of the crater of a geiser as it is supposed to be internally
Scope & Content:: Cross-section of a geyser vent. With linear scale. Unsigned and undated. Title inscribed in pencil below drawing.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 46
Title:: Two drawings of Mount Hekla, Iceland
Scope & Content:: Two drawings numbered 46 and 47 on separate sheets, mounted on the same folio.Rough pencil outline of the volcano, with areas labelled. Possibly a preparatory sketch for the drawing below by Charles Ruotte dated 1774, or the drawing by John Cleveley dated 1772 on f. 48 following.Pen and ink drawi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 2 drawings

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