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Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection

Items by artist Dayes, E.

There are 4 items by this artist.

	The New Geyser Record: Y: 54/35/2 by Dayes, E. This and other very similar representations held by SPRI of these geysers relate to a journey in Iceland made in 1789 by John Thomas Stanley. He produced a sketch which is the basis for these watercolours and print. For his account of the journey see: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol3, Part 2, 1794 p. 127-53. Note, on front: 'The water is thrown up to the height of 130 feet, and the column is six feet and a half where it comes out of the pipe' [1790]
	Commencement of the eruption of the Great Geyser Record: Y: 54/35/3 by Dayes, E. Fine watercoloured engraving, one of a number of scenes of geysers in Iceland, relating to a journey made by John Thomas Stanley in 1789.
	Rekiavik Record: Y: 56/18/1 by Dayes, E. Tinted engraving by Druck, published in Hamburg.
	Passage du Lac Kilpis Record: Y: 56/18/2 by Dayes, E. Passage of the Lake Kilpis, Lapland.