Title: ‘Basaltic tower called Castro Levit at the foot of Magilligan Facade’

Creator: William Richardson (1740-1820)

Description: One of a series of illustrations relating to: Richardson, William, “A Letter on the Alterations that have taken place in the Structure of Rocks, on the surface of the basaltic Country in the counties of Derry and Antrim”, read 17 March 1808, and published in ‘Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London’, vol 98 (1808), pp187-222. The drawings were presented to the Society by George Bellas Greenough and William Babington, 3 March 1809.

From a series of the earliest drawings, paintings and prints given to the Society, and collated together in a volume marked ‘Drawings I’.

Date: [c.1808]

Format: Watercolour on paper

Archive reference: LDGSL/400/10

Image reference: 05-85

Recommended print size: Up to 16 x 12 inches (40 x 30cm)