Lithograph of Fingal's Cave in Ireland. The lithograph was published for Hermann J. Meyer of 164 William Street in New York
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Date: c.1850s?
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7000, Box 5, Folder 6
Fingal's Cave in Ireland
Smithson, James 1765-1829
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
In 1784 James Smithson went on a geological tour of England and Scotland with the noted French geologist, Barthelemy Faujas de-St.-Fond, William Thornton, and the Italian Count Paolo Andreani. During the trip, Smithson explored this cave to study its basaltic columns.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7000, Box 5, Folder 6
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c.1850s?
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2005-15070
Color: Black and White; Size: 12w x 8h; Type of Image: Document Medium: Lithograph