Ref NoLDGSL/515
TitleWatercolour views of Magilligan rocks, County Derry, and the cliffs of Antrim
Date[?1808-1810s]
LevelFile
Extent2 paintings
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionTwo watercolour views of Magilligan rocks, County Derry, and the cliffs of Antrim, by unknown artist, [?1808-1810s].
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Administrative HistoryThe subject of the drawings bear similarities to a series of images relating to the papers on the basaltic strata of Derry and Antrim by William Richardson.
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LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteImages possibly connected to: Richardson, William, "A Letter on the Alterations that have taken place in the Structure of Rocks, on the surface of the basaltic Country in the counties of Derry and Antrim", read 17 March 1808, and published in 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London', vol 98 (1808), pp187-222; also published as: Richardson, William, "Letter on the alterations that have taken place in the structure of rocks, on the surface of the basaltic country in the Counties of Derry and Antrim", Philosophical Magazine, vol 33 (1809), pp102-116, 194-208. See also Richardson, W, "Letters by William Richardson to the Rev. J. Dubourdieu", Dublin: Printed by Graisberry and Campbell ... printers to the Dublin Society (1812).
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
TermBasalt
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/38RICHARDSON; William (1740-1820); political activist and naturalist1740-1820
Places
CodePlaceName
NA102County Antrim
NA539County Derry
NA87Northern Ireland
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