Pencil sketch of a woman in Iona, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, dated on verso August 14th 1772. Barefoot, wearing a tartan shawl and holding a distaff and spindle. With a sketch of a man's head.
Drawing of tombstone, with linear scale. Annotations in various hands below drawing: 'Abbott Mackinnon'; 'cf. Pennant ii, 254' (Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides 1772 (1774)); 'Tomb in the church at Iona'.
Pencil sketch of Iona church ruins, with a cottage in the foreground. A different view from Add MS 15510, f. 3-5. Possibly a preparatory sketch for Add MS 15510, f. 7 or f. 8. Pencil annotation below frame: 'See next drawing'. Date and title annotations on verso.
Drawing of tombstone. Signed: 'Jno: Cleveley Jnr. 1774' (bottom left). Annotations in various hands below drawing: 'Iona'; 'engraved in Pennant ii. 254' (Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides 1772 (1774)).
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'.
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'.
'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.
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 ...