The Iona Press Scrap Book
The Iona Press was co-founded around 1887 by the Gaelic scholar John McCormick and William Muir, who had managed the Tormore Quarry on Ross of Mull (across the water from Iona) before moving to London in 1876; in the latter, Muir worked as a publisher and printer, producing hand-colored lithographed copies of William Blake's prophetic books.
This prints and pamphlet pages in this scrapbook demonstrate the press's mission to preserve and promote Iona's history--an island whose fame dates to the 6th century arrival of St. Columba, an Irish monk who brought Christianity to Scotland, and established an abbey that produced the Book of Kells (Trinity College, Dublin). The contents include a plan of Iona Cathedral, map of the island, and pages from "The Iona Autograph Album," "The Great Hymn Altus," "The Blessing of the Ship," and "The Burial March of King Duncan."
This prints and pamphlet pages in this scrapbook demonstrate the press's mission to preserve and promote Iona's history--an island whose fame dates to the 6th century arrival of St. Columba, an Irish monk who brought Christianity to Scotland, and established an abbey that produced the Book of Kells (Trinity College, Dublin). The contents include a plan of Iona Cathedral, map of the island, and pages from "The Iona Autograph Album," "The Great Hymn Altus," "The Blessing of the Ship," and "The Burial March of King Duncan."
Artwork Details
- Title: The Iona Press Scrap Book
- Publisher: John McCormick (British, Ross of Mull, Scotland 1860–1947)
- Publisher: William Muir (British, Kilmarnock, Scotland 1845–1938 London)
- Illustrator: J. C. Nicol (British, active 19th century)
- Illustrator: Charles McEwen (British (born Scotland), active 1885–91)
- Illustrator: Rev. David Duncan Ormond (British (born Scotland), active 1880–1910)
- Printer: Iona Press
- Date: 1887–91
- Medium: Illustrations: lithographs, some hand colored
- Dimensions: 8 11/16 x 6 11/16 x 1/4 in. (22 x 17 x 0.6 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund
- Object Number: 66.542.12
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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