Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.14039

    The new geyser, Iceland

    Date
    ca. early 19th century
    Creator
    James Baynes (1766 - 1837, British) , Draughtsman
    Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789 - 1850, British) , Lithographer
    After
    6th Baronet John Thomas Stanley (1735 - 1807, British) , Scientist
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 295mm
    width (print): 245mm
    Subject
    Description
    Landscape view of an erupting geyser, Iceland. An encampment on the mountainside to the left hand side as viewed and several onlookers observing the phenomenon. A group of men measure the height of the column of water with a quadrant while and an artist makes observational drawings.

    ‘On stone by J. Baynes. Printed by C Hullmandel. From a Drawing taken on the spot by Sir John Thomas Stanley Bart. 1789. VIEW OF THE BOILING SPRING IN ICELAND CALLED THE NEW GEYSER.’
    Associated place
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          > Iceland
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