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Sketch showing view of the Bishop's Palace and St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall.
DC 53071
Description Sketch showing view of the Bishop's Palace and St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall.
Date 8/1801
Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number DC 53071
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 7: view of the Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall, from the SE, with an archway over the street on the E side of the Palace and St Magnus Cathedral in the background. This shows elements of the Bishop's Palace which no longer exist. Cows and a female figure in the foreground and a male figure under the arch.
Medium wash
Accession Number 1975/12
External Reference SAS 164
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