Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Views in Orkney and on the north-eastern coast of Scotland, taken in MDCCCV and etched MDCCCVII.
Call Number
Q-000530
Identifier
ark:/88435/8s45qk28h
Publisher
[London], [Priv. Print.], [1810?]
Language
English
Date Created
1810
Extent
2 preliminary leaves, 27 pages 12 illustrations, 28 plates 39 cm
Provenance
GAX copy: Author's presentation copy to Col. Thomas Stanley (1749-1818); her letter to him dated 29 May 1808 is tipped to the front flyleaf; with a mezzotint portrait of herself mounted as a frontispiece at the time of binding, and found in only two other copies.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
Some account of the Orkney Islands
The Cathedral of Kirkwall
The Earl's Palace
The Bay of Frith
Duncansbay, or Dungsby-Head
The Castle of Helmsdale
Dunrobin Castle
The Chapel of Rosslyn.
Notes
Engraved t.p.
Descriptions extracted from Dr. Barry's history, and Wallace's and Brand's descriptions of Orkney.
120 copies printed.
Binding Note
GAX copy: Contemporary straight-grained red morocco; outer blind-ruled border of foliage, double-rule gilt border, inner blind-ruled border with repeated drawer-handles, gilt spine, title and date, all edges gilt, blue silk marker.

Discovery Information

Subject
Orkney (Scotland)—Pictorial works

Physical Characteristics

File Count
105

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a96b27cf-c29d-43d0-874c-1de35dcad511/manifest