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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 42
Title:: Drawing of geyser eruption, by Charles Ruotte
Scope & Content:: Drawing of geyser erupting. Same view as Add MS 15511, f 43 and 44. Signed: 'Ch. Ruotte delin. 1774' (bottom left).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1774
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 43
Title:: 'View of the Eruption of Geiser', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Drawing of geyser at Geysir, Iceland, erupting. With a man and a woman in local dress standing beside the vent. Same view as Add MS 15511, f. 42 and 44, but with more detail and with human figures. Used for the engraving by W. H. C. Edwards in William Jackson Hooker, Journal of a tour in Iceland...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 44
Title:: Geyser erupting, drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Drawing of geyser erupting. Same view as Add MS 15511, f 42 and 43. Signed: 'Jno. Cleveley Junr. Delint. 1772' (bottom left).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 45
Title:: Section of the crater of a geiser as it is supposed to be internally
Scope & Content:: Cross-section of a geyser vent. With linear scale. Unsigned and undated. Title inscribed in pencil below drawing.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 46
Title:: Two drawings of Mount Hekla, Iceland
Scope & Content:: Two drawings numbered 46 and 47 on separate sheets, mounted on the same folio.Rough pencil outline of the volcano, with areas labelled. Possibly a preparatory sketch for the drawing below by Charles Ruotte dated 1774, or the drawing by John Cleveley dated 1772 on f. 48 following.Pen and ink drawi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 2 drawings

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 48
Title:: 'View of a mountain near Hekla, with a view of a travelling caravan', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: View of ice-capped Mount Hekla, mountains, and lava, with the expedition caravan, ten riders and twelve additional packhorses, in the foreground. Signed: 'Jno. Cleveley Junr. Delint. 1772' (bottom left). Title inscribed in pencil on sheet below the frame.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772-1774
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 49
Title:: Sketch of lava
Scope & Content:: Preparatory sketch of lava formation for Add MS 15511, f 50. Unsigned and undated.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 50
Title:: 'View of a lava as it has run over the ridge of a hill', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Drawing of lava formation. With group of local men and expedition members in the foreground, two holding a large cloth, one seated writing or drawing. Signed: 'Jno. Cleveley Junr. Delint. 1772' (bottom left). Title inscribed in pencil below the drawing.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 51
Title:: Sketch of lava
Scope & Content:: Preparatory pencil sketch of lava formation for Add MS 15511, f 52. Different areas of lava labelled in pencil. Unsigned and undated.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15511, f 52
Title:: 'View of an ancient crater on the side of the mountain', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Watercolour drawing of crater with group of expedition members and local men. Signed: 'Jno. Cleveley Junr. Delint. 1772' (bottom left). Title inscribed in pencil below the drawing.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

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