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(8) 181c - Plan of St Magnus’ Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney
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| Hutton Drawings > [Volume 2] > Orkney > (8) 181c - Plan of St Magnus’ Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74601684 |
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| Description | William Daniell drew this plan of St Magnus’ Cathedral in 1818. There are eight views of the Cathedral in the Hutton Collection and William Daniell completed four of them. Daniell had established his reputation as a landscape painter by this time, but unusually, three of his Cathedral drawings are of the interior. Kirkwall today retains an air of antiquity due to street system and the appearance of the houses. There was a huge expansion in the fishing industry during the seventeenth century, which stabilized into the eighteenth. This resulted in more modern, stone Burgh houses replacing many of the timber Norse buildings. They have narrow gable ends, facing the street, and spread out along the main street in the town. This layout was subsequently, never interfered with as new buildings were established on the newly reclaimed land, or around the edges of the town. |
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| Shelfmark | Adv.MS.30.5.23 |
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| Description | Over 500 drawings, maps, plans and prints relating mainly to Scottish churches and other ecclesiastical buildings. A few depict castles or other secular dwellings. Drawings date mostly from 1781-1792 and 1811-1820. Arranged by county. Some drawings by George Henry Hutton, a professional soldier and amateur antiquary, who compiled the collection. |
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| Shelfmark | Adv.MS.30.5.22-23 |
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