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31. Add MS 15512, f 17

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Add MS 15512, f 17
Title:
'A woman in her bridal dress', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing

32. Add MS 15512, f 7

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Add MS 15512, f 7
Title:
'A girl under ten years of age', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:
Watercolour drawing of a girl in Icelandic dress, sideways from the back. Sketches and incomplete versions of this drawing on the preceding folios, Add MS 15512 ff. 4-6. 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

33. Add MS 15512, f 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15512, f 26
Title:
'Ancient weapon preserved in the cathedral of Scalholt', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:
Drawing of a long axe. With a linear scale. Signed: 'Jno. Cleveley Junr. Delint. 1772'. Title inscribed in pencil below the drawing.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing

34. Add MS 15512, f 9r

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Add MS 15512, f 9r
Title:
'A girl under ten years of age', drawing by John Frederick Miller
Scope & Content:
Watercolour drawing of an eight year old girl. Three quarter view portrait of Þórunn Ólafsdóttir, daughter of Ólafur Stephensen, District Governor of Iceland, dressed in her finest clothes and ornaments. Another version of this drawing is on the preceding folio, Add MS 15512, f. 8. Signed: 'Joh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing

35. Add MS 15512, f 12

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Add MS 15512, f 12
Title:
'A woman in her riding dress', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:
Watercolour of a woman in a riding habit, with a tall hat, three quarters view from her left. A preparatory sketch for this subject in the same pose is at Add MS 15512, f. 11. Add MS 15512, f. 13 is a drawing of the same subject from a differenct angle by John Frederick Miller. Signed: 'J. Clev...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing

36. Add MS 15512, f 1r

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Add MS 15512, f 1r
Title:
'View of the Hraun, Hafnefiord, Septr. 4 1772', drawing by John Frederick Miller
Scope & Content:
Unfinished ink drawing of Icelandic lava landscape at Hafnafjord showing a house, small group of men, women and children in local dress, and cow. Only two figures (a man and a woman) have been coloured. Signed: 'John Frederick Miller fect. 1772' (bottom left). Title inscribed on verso.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing

37. Add MS 15512, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15512, f 13
Title:
'A woman in her riding dress', drawing by John Frederick Miller
Scope & Content:
Watercolour of a woman in a riding habit, with a tall hat, three quarters view from her right. A preparatory sketch of this subject in the same pose is at Add MS 15512, f. 10r. Add MS 15512, f. 12 is a drawing of the same subject from a differenct angle by John Cleveley. Signed: 'John Frederick...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 drawing