Ref NoLDGSL/528
TitleEngravings of the basalt columns of Staffa
Date[1770s]
LevelFile
Extent2 prints
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionTwo engravings of the basalt columns of Staffa, [1770s], based on illustrations which appeared in Thomas Pennant's "A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides" (1772):

1) Small print, 'View of Booshala from the cliff above it in Scotland'.
2) Larger print, 'Isle of Boo-sha la & bending pillars opposite to it', engraved by J Lodge.
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
TermBasalt
Previous referenceLDGSL 528
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/1737PENNANT; Thomas (1726-1798); naturalist, traveller and writer1726-1798
Places
CodePlaceName
NA103Argyll and Bute
NA455Staffa
NA67Scotland
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