The Dinner Party, Trollope, Reykjavik, 1878
Trollope at Reykjavik, 1878
The Mastiff arrives in Reykjavik early in the morning. After bathing in the ocean, the travellers go ashore.
The Mastiff at the Faroes, 1878
Sketch by Jemima Wedderburn Blackburn (1823
Trollope at St. Kilda, on the way to Reykjavik, 1878
The Mastiff Built: 1878 Ship Type: Coaster Tonnage: 871 grt Length: 230 feet Breadth: 30 feet Owner: G & J Burns Ltd Glasgow Remarks: Broken up at Genoa 1924
When Anthony Trollope Visited Iceland, 1878
Part 1
As I was growing up in Gimli, Manitoba, nearly everything I was told about Iceland was incorrect. Memories of Iceland were distorted by time and distance. Events and social conditions were filtered through a lens of misunderstanding. In the days of my childhood, people didn
