⁂ Please note, the description of this lot has changed.

Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard, 1789-1858) and Edward Bird R.A. (1772-1819). Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Sir Henry Holland F.R.S. (1788-1873) and Sir George Mackenzie F.R.S. (1780-1848), brush and ink, on Whatman wove papers with watermark dates '1805' to two sheets, six mounted on card supports with wash and ruled borders, all but one of these six inscribed 'Drawn by E. Bird/ From Sketch by R. Bright 1810', the 14 other sheets not mounted, probably by Bright, with inscriptions verso that identify locations, each numbered in ink, each approx. 150 x 235 mm (5 7/8 x 9 1/4 in) or slightly larger, some rough edges, one with significant loss into image, minor surface dirt, unframed, [1810]; with two other sketches of made on the voyage, unframed, (22)

Provenance:
Richard Bright's son, James Franck Bright, Master of University College, Oxford (1832-1920);
His daughter Mrs William (Margaret Franck) Carr;
Her daughter Miss Joyce Carr;
Her nephew Andrew Athill (1920-2005);
Gifted by him to the present owner.

Illustrated:
Steuart Mackenzie, Sir George, Travels in the Island of Iceland, during the year MDCCCX, John Murray et. al., 1811, p. 175 [specifically the 'Columnar cavern near Stappen', and 'Skalholt the ancient capital of Iceland']

Literature:
cf. Wawn, Andrew, The Iceland Journal of Henry Holland 1810, The Hakluyt Society, 1987
cf. Bright, Pamela, Dr Richard Bright (1789-1858), The Bodley Head, 1983, pp. 53-68
Bright, Primrose Danby, 'Tales of Opportunity - the Bright family, 1066-2020', Melbourne University Press 2022. p.122

⁂ "Rumours and reports of their adventures flew ahead of them. Edinburgh friends were agog; such an enterprising mineralogical research had not been undertaken since Sir Joseph Banks and Sir John Stanley had sailed to Iceland twenty-five years or so ago". [op. cit. Dr Richard Bright]