'The Sysselmans house Hafnefiord', drawing by John Frederick Miller
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Watercolour drawing of the Sysselman's house, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. Incomplete, areas left uncoloured. Signed: 'J. F. Miller del. 1772' (bottom left). Title and date on verso.
'View of the Sysselmans house near Hafnefiord', drawing by John Cleveley
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Watercolour drawing of the Sysselman's house, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. With groups of men, women and children in local dress, a local woman walking with a man in blue wearing a tricorn hat, dogs, cattle and horses. Signed: 'Jno. Cleveley Junr. Delint. 1772' (bottom left). Title inscribed in pen...
Two drawings of the geyser at Geysir, Iceland, by Charles Ruotte
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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.
'A woman in her bridal dress', drawing by John Cleveley
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Watercolour drawing of Icelandic woman in her bridal dress, with a Krókfaldur headdress. Used for the engraving in William Jackson Hooker, Journal of a tour in Iceland, in the summer of 1809 (1811). The woman is believed to be Sigríður Magnúsdóttir, wife of Ólafur Stephensen, District Governor o...
'View of the ruined monastery of Killaru in the Island of Ila', drawing by James Miller
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Watercolour of ruined monastery and old churchyard of Kilarrow, on the Isle of Islay. Showing two seated figures (by their dress members of Joseph Banks's party, one seated drawing, perhaps an artist), with a local man, woman and child. Signed: 'James Miller del.' (lower right). Title inscrib...
'Tombstone in Killaru churchyard on the Island of Ila', drawing by James Miller
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Drawing of a monumental stone carving in Kilarrow churchyard on the Isle of Islay. Effigy of a knight with sword. Signed: 'James Miller Del.' (bottom right). Numbered in pencil '19'.
Birds Eye View of the Island of Boo sha la taken from the Cliff above it
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Drawing of bird's eye view of Am Buachaille, Staffa, with basalt pillar formations. With two men in foreground facing forward, and sun shining through clouds. Unsigned. Annotation: 'Engrd. In Pennant ii. 264' (Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides 1772 (1774)).
'View of the Danish storehouses where we liv'd at Haffne fiord', drawing by John Cleveley
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Watercolour drawing of Danish storehouses where the expedition members stayed, and boats, Haffne fiord (Hafnarfjörður), Iceland. With men, women and children in local dress, and a man using a sextant. Signed: Jno: Cleveley Junr: Delint 1772'. Title inscribed in pencil below the frame.
Drawings of a cross from Kilarrow churchyard, by John Frederick Miller
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Drawings of an ancient monument from the old churchyard of Kilarrow on the Isle of Islay. Two sides of the cross shaft and its plinth, on a single sheet. Add MS 15509, f 12 consists of two preparatory pencil sketches for these drawings. Pencil annotations include measurements, a key, and a note ...
Sketch of Whin Dyke in the Sound of Islay. Probably a preparatory sketch for Add MS 15509 f. 31, by John Cleveley. Annotated: 'See next drawing'. Numbered in pencil '30'.