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SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth Leveson Gower, Duchess of.
Views on the Northern and Western Coasts of Sutherland.
Scarce. The aquatints were engraved by F.C. Lewis at 53 Charlotte Street, Portland Place. Elizabeth Leveson Gower, the Duchess of. Sutherland was a gifted artist, painting watercolour landscapes of the Sutherland coast and of Dunrobin Castle, among other subjects. She was also an accomplished oil painter. She drew and etched a series of views in Orkney and the northeast coast of Scotland, which were published between 1805 and 1807.
- Published
- [London: privately published] 53 Charlotte St, Portland Place, [ca.1840]
- References
- Not in Abbey or standard bibliographies; Bobins Supplementary list 08/14.
- Plates
- 22
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- [London: privately published] 53 Charlotte St, Portland Place, [ca.1840]
- Ref
- 5560
Folio (18 x 11.5 inches) green cloth folder, red calf gilt title label to upper board. 22 colour lithographed plates on paper mounts; annotated in ink, lower right corner. Loose as issued. Printed list of plates, map, 2pp. Signed letter by the Duke; dated July 19th, 1846, to "My dear Sir Thomas" (Sir Thomas Dick Lauder). Plates drawn by the Duchess of Sutherland and engraved by F.C. Lewis. Coloured plates in order: 1. The Coast of Assynt from Meal Dearg or the red lump. 2. Funovin Arkill in Keay Forest. 3. Cuniag. 4. Canisp. 5. Church & Village of Store. 6. Stack in Cogiach, Rosshire. 7. Entrance to Loch Broom in Rosshire. 8. Gairloch Point. 9. The Shiant Isles. 10. Island of Lewes. 11. Point of Melness. 12. Bay of Tongue. 13. Point of Land leading to the Ferry. 14. Church and Manse & Village of Tongue. 15. Ben Loyal. 16. (Untitled). 17. Ben Hope. 18. Ferry & Point opposite Ben Tongue. 19. Loch Assynt. Cuniag. Chalda House. Ardvreck Castle. 20. Loch Assynt. Shian Garve or the Rough Hill. 21. Entrance to Loch Row, on the Coast of Assynt. 22. The Church & Manse of Farr in Strathnaver.
