print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1870,1008.135
- Title
- Object: View from the Island of Staffa.
- Description
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View of a plateau on Staffa, with four small figures seen at centre; formation of basalt columns in the sea in foregeround; outlines of two boats in middle ground at left; islands in the distance; within a rectangular border; illustration to Ayton's 'Voyage round Great Britain', vol. III. 1817
Aquatint and some etching with hand-colouring
- Production date
- 1817
- Dimensions
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Height: 225 millimetres
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Width: 302 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Date taken from Abbey.
For the 'Voyage Round Great Britain', see 1869,0410.1206
This appears to be a re-issue of a plate from volume III, with the date 'Sept 1 1817' erased and the number '24' added instead. For other examples of this type of altered state, see 1870,1008.139, 146, 148
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Voyage Round Great Britain
- Acquisition date
- 1870
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1870,1008.135