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201. Add MS 15509, f 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15509, f 28
Title:
'Inside of the weavers house near Bomore on the Island of Ila', drawing by John Frederick Miller
Scope & Content:
Watercolour of interior of weaver's house, Bowmore, Isle of Islay, showing weaver at his loom, with family, cat, dog, birds roosting in the beams, hanging garments and household goods. Signed: 'John Frederick Miller del. 1772.' (bottom left). Title inscribed in pencil below drawing. Annotate...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing

202. Add MS 15510, f 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15510, f 26
Title:
Columns and causeway on the Island of Staffa, with the entrance to Fingals Cave, drawing by John Frederick Miller
Scope & Content:
Drawing of the Island of Staffa from the sea. Possibly a preparatory drawing for Add MS 15510, f. 27. Signed: 'John Frederick Miller Delt. 1772' (bottom left).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing

203. Add MS 15510, f 31

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15510, f 31
Title:
'View of the bending pillars near the landing place on the Island of Staffa', drawing by John Frederick Miller
Scope & Content:
Drawing of basalt pillar formations on the Island of Staffa, with five men and a dog ashore, a rowing boat (right), and a sailboat in the distance. Signed: 'John Frederick Miller delt. 1772' (bottom left). Title inscribed in pencil below drawing. Annotation: 'Engraved in Pennant ii.265' (Thom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing

204. Add MS 15511, f 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15511, f 53
Title:
'A view of the back of the mountain with the origins of the two … lavas taken from the top', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:
Watercolour drawing of mountain with two lava flows. With a man and woman in local dress and their pack horses in the foreground. 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

205. Add MS 15511, f 43

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

206. Add MS 15511, f 50

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

207. Add MS 15511, f 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15511, f 10
Title:
'View of a semicircle of Stones on the Banks of Stenhouse Lake in the Island of Pomona', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:
Watercolour drawing of semicircle of stones at Stenness, Orkney. With genteelly dressed man and woman walking in foreground. Signed: 'John Cleveley Junr. Delint. 1772' (bottom left). Title inscribed in pencil below drawing.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing

208. Add MS 15511, f 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15511, f 11
Title:
A Plan of the Links or Sandhills near Skail on the Island Pomona, taken from an actual survey by Fred: Herm: Walden
Scope & Content:
Plan of the area around Skail, Orkney, based on a survey by Swedish surveyor Frederick Herman Walden. Linear scale: 'A scale of 2000 feet' (bottom left).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 map

209. Add MS 15510, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15510, f 43
Title:
'View of Fingals Cave on the Island of Staffa', drawing by Charles Ruotte
Scope & Content:
Drawing of Fingals Cave. With four men in a rowing boat at the front of the cave, three or more men in a boat at the back of the cave, five men on shore. Signed: 'Ch Ruotte delin 1774' (bottom left). Title inscribed below the frame. Ink annotation: 'No. 6' (top right).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1774
Extent:
1 drawing

210. Add MS 15510, f 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15510, f 27
Title:
'View of the erect columns & causeway on the Island of Staffa with the mouth of Fingals Cave and the small Island of Booshala taken from the sea', drawing by John Frederick Miller
Scope & Content:
Drawing of the Island of Staffa from the sea. With a rowing boat in the foreground, a small sailing boat near the entrance to Fingals Cave and a larger ship in the distance to the right, and 2 figures on shore (right). Signed: 'John Frederick Miller. Del 1772.' (bottom left). Title inscribed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing