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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15509, f 52r
Title:: Sketches of Oronsay Priory cloister arcade, by John Frederick Miller
Scope & Content:: Pencil sketches of the arcade and inscriptions in Oronsay Priory cloister, on a single sheet. Dated on verso 8 August 1772. Signed: 'J. F. Miller'. Annotation: 'Nr. 6 Oransay'. Numbered in pencil: '52'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15509, f 53
Title:: Engraved stones in Oronsay Priory cloister arcade, drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Drawings of stones in Oronsay Priory cloister, with linear scale. Signed: Jno: Cleveley Jnr. 1774'. Numbered in pencil: '53'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1774
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15509, f 54
Title:: Sketch for 'Tombstone in the chappel at Oransay', drawing by James Miller
Scope & Content:: Pencil sketch of a tombstone with the effigy of a knight in Oransay Priory chapel. Probably preparatory sketch for Add MS 15509, f. 55, by James Miller. Annotation: 'Oransay Nr. 8'. 'Numbered in pencil: '54'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15509, f 55
Title:: 'Tombstone in the chappel at Oransay', drawing by James Miller
Scope & Content:: Drawing of a tombstone of a knight in Oransay Priory chapel. Add MS 15509, f. 54 is probably a preparatory sketch for this drawing. Signed: 'James Miller Del'. Annotation: 'Engraved differently in Pennant' (Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides 1772 (1774)). Numbered...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15509, f 56r
Title:: Two sketches of an excavated skeleton and grave
Scope & Content:: Sketches of a) a seated skeleton with a bag; b) a grave, Two sheets mounted on one folio. Original dimensions of objects depicted are given on verso. Unsigned. Numbered in pencil '56' and '57'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 2 drawings

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510, f 1r
Title:: Sketch for the great church of Iona, drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Pencil sketch of Iona Abbey buildings and cross. Possibly preparatory sketch for Add MS 15510, f. 2, 'The great church of Iona', by John Cleveley. Pencil annotation below frame: 'See next drawing'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510, f 2
Title:: 'The great church of Iona', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Watercolour drawing of Iona Abbey ruins, with three figures in local dress in the foreground. Add MS 15510, f. 1r may be a preparatory sketch for this. Signed: 'Jno. Cleveley Junr. Delint. 1772' (bottom left). Title inscribed in pencil below the frame.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510, f 3r
Title:: Sketch for 'Ancient Church of Y Columb Kill on the Island of Iona'
Scope & Content:: Pencil sketch of Iona Church ruins, with a study of an archway bottom left. Possibly preparatory sketch for Add MS 15510, f. 4 or f. 5. Pencil annotation below frame: 'See next drawing'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510, f 4
Title:: Ancient Church of Y Columb Kill on the Island of Iona
Scope & Content:: Watercolour drawing of Iona church ruins, with cottage in the foreground, various inhabitants in local dress seated and standing, including an old woman with a pail and a dog, with a sailing boat on the sea beyond. Same view as Add MS 15510, f. 5. Add MS 15510, f. 3r may be a preparatory sketch ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510, f 5
Title:: 'A View of the Church of Columbkill on the Iland of Iona', drawing by James Miller
Scope & Content:: Watercolour drawing of Iona church ruins, with cottage in the foreground, a local man, woman and two children in front of the cottage, and various other figures further away around the ruins. Same view as Add MS 15510, f. 4. Add MS 15510, f. 3r may be a preparatory sketch for these two drawings....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1775
Extent:: 1 drawing

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