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Sketch showing view of Lerwick and Fort Charlotte from the N.
DC 53075
Description Sketch showing view of Lerwick and Fort Charlotte from the N.
Date 8/1801
Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number DC 53075
Category Prints and Drawings
Copies DP 418381
Scope and Content Drawing in sketchbook made during a tour of Orkney and Shetland in August 1801, likely by James Skene of Rubislaw. Page 11: view of Lerwick from North Ness looking SE, with Fort Charlotte and the town in the middle distance and the Ward of Bressay in the far distance. There are sailing ships in the bay and three male figures in the foreground.
Medium wash
Accession Number 1975/12
External Reference SAS 164
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1214910
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