Archive Reference (shelfmark): Add MS 15509-15512 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15509, f 55
Title:: 'Tombstone in the chappel at Oransay', drawing by James Miller
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15509, f 56r
Title:: Two sketches of an excavated skeleton and grave
Scope & Content:: Sketches of a) a seated skeleton with a bag; b) a grave, Two sheets mounted on one folio. Original dimensions of objects depicted are given on verso. Unsigned. Numbered in pencil '56' and '57'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 2 drawings

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15509, f 56v
Title:: Notes on sketches of excavated skeleton and grave
Scope & Content:: Notes on versos of sketches, including dimensions of the skeleton's thigh bone.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510
Title:: Drawings illustrative of Sir Joseph Banks's voyage to the Hebrides, Orkneys, and Iceland in 1772, Volume II
Scope & Content:: Volume of illustrations made during Joseph Banks's voyage to the Hebrides, Orkney and Iceland.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772-1774
Extent:: 1 volume (43 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510, f 1r
Title:: Sketch for the great church of Iona, drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Pencil sketch of Iona Abbey buildings and cross. Possibly preparatory sketch for Add MS 15510, f. 2, 'The great church of Iona', by John Cleveley. Pencil annotation below frame: 'See next drawing'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510, f 1v
Title:: Verso annotation on sketch of The great church of Iona
Scope & Content:: Pencil note on verso: 'The Church of Y Columb Kell' [i.e. Iona].
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510, f 2
Title:: 'The great church of Iona', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510, f 3r
Title:: Sketch for 'Ancient Church of Y Columb Kill on the Island of Iona'
Scope & Content:: Pencil sketch of Iona Church ruins, with a study of an archway bottom left. Possibly preparatory sketch for Add MS 15510, f. 4 or f. 5. Pencil annotation below frame: 'See next drawing'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15510, f 4
Title:: Ancient Church of Y Columb Kill on the Island of Iona
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

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