Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1771-1832 - 1832
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters and documents to and concerning Sir Walter Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11878
Scope and Contents
Includes papers concerning the affairs of the Trust after 1826, including letters of Robert Cadell, James Ballantyne and John Gibson, papers on copyrights, the Magnum edition, the arbitration by Lord Newton, and a report by the Trustees to creditors, 1831. There are also earlier papers concerning plantations at Abbotsford and household records.
Dates:
1812-1831.
Two letters of Thomas Faed.
File
Identifier: Acc.11362
Scope and Contents
One letter is illustrated with a sketch discussing his 1849 painting of Sir Walter Scott and his literary friends at Abbotsford.
Includes a sketch, with key, by John Faed of his picture of Shakespeare and his friends at the Mermaid Tavern.
Dates:
circa 1849-1900.