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Scuir Egg [Sgurr of Eigg]
Skene, James, 1805, Watercolour
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Scuir Egg [Sgurr of Eigg]
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Scuir Egg [Sgurr of Eigg]
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A dramatic mountainous scene of rock formations and cliffs on Scuir Egg. On the left a man leans against a rock, while two men appear in the distance on the right. One man stands, pointing a stick at the cliffs, while the other sits.
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Skene, James
Date
1805
Size
17 x 27.5 cm
Type
Watercolour
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Scuir Egg is 393 metres in height and has a summit of pitchstone lava. Skene describes it as porphyry; a very hard variegated rock purple and white in colour. The foreground displays some of the geological features for which the Isle of Eigg is renowned.
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