Draft conclusion to a lecture on Rosslyn Chapel by John Britton
AL 39/24
Description Draft conclusion to a lecture on Rosslyn Chapel by John Britton
Date c. 1845 to 1846
Collection Collection of papers relating to Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland
Catalogue Number AL 39/24
Category Manuscripts
Copies SC 2573988, SC 2573989
Scope and Content This was likely prepared for Britton’s RIBA lecture delivered on the 12 January 1846. Britton draws attention to the natural scenery which surrounds the chapel and its proximity to Hawthornden Castle. On a separate sheet of paper pasted to the draft is an excerpt from an unidentified description of Hawthornden Glen and Roslyn Chapel, possibly by Thomas Pennant. Additionally, Britton presents the engraving of Rosslyn Chapel by Jospeh Mallord William Turner, published in Provincial Antiquities of Scotland, as “one of those pictures which fascinates with imagination and stimulates the curiosity” and references an image by Gandy of the chapel illuminated by light.
Accession Number 2021/8
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