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'Falls of Orrin in a spate, Septr 3rd 1883' [Scotland]

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3 Sep 1883

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This album covers Edward Gennys Fanshawe's Baltic service in command of HMS 'Cossack' during the Crimean War, August 1854 - August 1855, and his brief transfer to the 'Hastings' in the Baltic and latterly at Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland, 1855-56, though on her return to England in late 1855 he was invalided ashore until rejoining the ship at Queenstown in January 1856. It also covers his command of the 'Centurion' in the Mediterranean from May 1856 to June 1858, when he was again invalided home. Also included are holiday drawings made in Scotland in 1843 and 1883, Switzerland in 1877 and 1880, and a single drawing of Moulmein, Burma, made in 1846 during his Eastern posting as Commander in the 'Cruizer', 1844-46.

No. 42 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Glen Orrin is a valley of the Ross and Cromarty district of the Highlands of Scotland. It carries the waters of the 26-mile River Orrin from its source through a number of lochs and (now) the Orrin Reservoir to join the River Conon near Urray, to the south-west of Conon Bridge. As the river enters the Conon is cascades over the Falls of Orrin. This is one of a group of four drawings recording an autumn visit by Fanshawe to Scotland in his retirement.

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Location

Orrin River, Scotland

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Scotland

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Watercolour