Engraving

Description

Engraved perspective view of the first Eddystone Lighthouse, designed by Henry Winstanley of Littlebury, begun in 1696 and finished in 1699

Museum reference

T.1859.414.A

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Engraving

Materials

Paper, Ink

Associations

Designer: Henry Winstanley of Littleburg
Previous owner: Royal Society of Edinburgh
Previous owner: Susan, Countess of Morton, 1814 (fl.)
Previous owner: Douglas, George, 16th Earl of Morton, 1761 - 1827
Previous owner: Weston, Robert Harcourt
Depicted: Eddystone Rocks, English Channel, North Atlantic, ATLANTIC OCEAN

Exhibitions

• Shining Lights: The story of Scotland's Lighthouses (15 Oct 2010 - 03 Apr 2011)
  Museum of Scotland

• Phares! (07 Mar 2012 - 04 Nov 2012)
  Musée National de la Marine

References

John Smeaton, A Narrative of the Building, and a Description of the Construction, of the Edistone Light-house with Stone... The second edition, corrected (London: printed [by H.Hughs] for G. Nicol, 1793), 40.

Thomas Rowatt, 'Notes on Original Models of the Eddystone Lighthouses', Transaction of the Newcomen Society, 5 (1924-25), 17.