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Sketch showing view of Lerwick.

DC 53086

Description Sketch showing view of Lerwick.

Date 8/1801

Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number DC 53086

Category Prints and Drawings

Copies DP 418392

Scope and Content Drawing in sketchbook made during a tour of Orkney and Shetland in August 1801, likely by James Skene of Rubislaw. Page 22: view of Lerwick (untitled) from the south-east, with Fort Charlotte in the distance and several booths (storehouses) along the shore. Sailing ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Pencil and ink. On the reverse is an unfinished pencil sketch of a large country mansion (not in the Northern Isles).

Medium pen &wash

Accession Number 1975/12

External Reference SAS 164

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1215569

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