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Sketch showing view across the Bay of Ireland towards Stromness and Hoy, Orkney
DC 53067
Description Sketch showing view across the Bay of Ireland towards Stromness and Hoy, Orkney
Date 8/1801
Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number DC 53067
Category Prints and Drawings
Scope and Content Drawing in sketchbook with drawings made during a tour of Orkney and Shetland in August 1801, likely by James Skene of Rubislaw. Page 3: view from high ground southwestwards across the Bay of Ireland towards Stromness, with Graemsay and Hoy in the distance and sailing boats. Titled 'Stromness, Graemsay & Hoy Aug 1801', with ink annotation 'To be engraved'.
Medium wash
Accession Number 1975/12
External Reference SAS 164
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