Sketches of carving of a knight from a tombstone in Kilarrow churchyard
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Two pencil sketches of knight with sword. Two sheets mounted on a single folio. Probably preparatory sketches for Add MS 15509, f. 19. Numbered in pencil: '17' and '18'.
Sketch for 'Tombstone in the chappel at Oransay', drawing by James Miller
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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'.
'Tombstone in the chappel at Oransay', drawing by James Miller
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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...
'The great church of Iona', drawing by John Cleveley
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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
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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 ...
Ancient Church of Y Columb Kill in the Iland of Iona
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Watercolour drawing of Iona church ruins, with cottage in the foreground, and various figures seated and standing, including old woman with a basket on her back and an expedition member inside the ruins pointing up. Different view from Add MS 15510, f. 3-5. Same view as Add MS 15510, f. 8. Add M...
Two drawings numbered 35 and 36 on separate sheets mounted on a single folio: 'View of Bending pillars near the Island of Booshalá on the Island Staffa'. Ink drawing of basalt pillar formations, Am Buachaille, Staffa. Similar to Add MS 15510, f. 34. Signed: 'Ch. Ruotte delin. 1774' (bottom left)....
'Birds Eye View of the Island Booshalá', drawing by Charles Ruotte
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Drawing of bird's eye view of Am Buachaille, Staffa, with basalt pillar formations. With two men standing on the cliff, seen from behind (right). Signed: 'Ch. Ruotte delin 1774' (bottom left). Ink annotation: 'No. 5' (top right).
'View of Torstens house at Waleyre', drawing by John Cleveley
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Watercolour drawing of Torsten Jonsson's house, Hvaleyri. Dwellings and huts, with two women and a man preparing fish and another woman with a pony in the foreground, and two others with a pony in the distance Signed: 'Jno. Cleveley Junr. Delin. 1772' (bottom left). Title inscribed in pencil b...