Plan of the countrey in the neighbourhood of the boiling fountains
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Map of Haukadalur Valley, and Laugarfjall, Iceland, marking the geysers and the site of the tent at Geysir. A line between points a and b shows the line of cross-section drawn in Add MS 15511, f, 32 and f. 34.
Drawing of a ruined church, dated 15 October 1772, the date of Joseph Banks' expedition arrival back in Stromness, Orkney, on their return journey from Iceland. Title inscribed below drawing. Pencil annotation: 'At S...holt'.
Sketch of a woman in her riding habit, with a tall hat, three quarters view from her right. Partly coloured, with pencil annotations indicating fabrics and colours of costume. With a detailed study of the headdress in pencil. A completed version of this subject in the same pose by John Cleveley ...
Sketch of a woman in a riding habit, with a tall hat, three quarters view from her left. Partly coloured, with pencil annotations indicating fabrics of the costume. A completed version of this subject in the same pose by John Frederick Miller is at Add MS 15512, f. 12. Verso annotation: 'Icela...
Ruins of the ancient monastery on the Island of Oransay
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Watercolour of Oronsay Priory ruins and cross, with cattle and a woman and two men in local costume in foreground. Unsigned. Title inscribed below drawing. Pencil annotation: ‘Engraved in Pennant, ii.234’ (Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides 1772 (1774)). Numbered ...