M0001044: Line drawing of a Pictish stone, Mortlach, Scotland / M0001045: Line drawing of sculpted stone from Ulbster, Scotland

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Line drawing of megaliths sculpted, Mortlach.

Two images on one negative: the first is a line drawing of the front and rear side of the Pictish stone known as the "Battle Stone" at Mortlach, Scotland. The caption reads "Upright cross-slab with sculpture partly incised and partly in relief at Mortlach." The drawing comes from an unknown publication. The second is a line drawing of the front and rear side of the Pictish stone known as the "Ulbster Stone" original from Ulbster, Scotland but now in Thurso Museum. The caption reads "Upright cross-slab with sculpture partly incised and partly in relief, from Ulbster, now at Thurso. Diagrams showing ornament." The drawing comes from an unknown publication.

11 August 1930

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.