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Drawings by John Claude Nattes, chiefly of Scottish scenes and buildings., 1780-1801, undated.

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Identifier: MS.5206

Scope and Contents

The volume contains drawings of the following:

(i) Waterfall above the Gothic bridge at Taymouth, 11 September 1780 (folio 1);

(ii) The higher fall above the Gothic bridge [?11 September 1780] (folio 2);

(iii) View from small paddock near Wash House, [?September 1780] (folio 3);

(iv) View from yard in front at laundry, [?September 1780] (folio 4);

(v) View behind [Balloch] Castle, [?September 1780]; reproduced in ‘The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland’ by David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross, volume 4, page 36 (folio 5);

(vi) View above Comrie Bridge, [?September 1780] (folio 6);

Folio 7 has not been used;

(vii) View from Drummond Hill above Craigs of Kinigharrie, [?September 1780] (folio 7 verso-8);

Stub of leaf cut out;

Folio 9 has not been used;

(viii) View west of Taymouth Castle near the Gothic bridge, [?September 1780] (folio 9 verso-10);

(ix) View of the manse and Loch Tay, [?September 1780] (folio 11);

(x) View of entering Fortingall near Duneaves, [?September 1780] (folio 12);

(xi) Mill near Glenlyons House, [?September 1780] (folio 13);

(xii) Bridge near Glenlyons House, [?September 1780] (folio 14);

(xiii) View at the entrance into Glenlyon, [?September 1780] (folio 15);

(xiv) Unidentified: cottage next to waterfall, [?September 1780] (folio 16);

(xv) Unidentified: rural scene showing rocks and trees, 13 September [?1780] (folio 17);

(xvi) Unidentified: rural scene possibly near that of folio 17, 13 September [?1780] (folio 18);

(xvii) Bridge of Garry & Dalnacardoch Inn, 14 September [?1780] (folio 19);

(xviii) Dalnacardoch, 14 September [?1780] (folio 20);

(xix) Dalnacardoch, [?14 September 1780] (folio 21);

(xx) Ruthven Barracks (burnt in 1745), 15 September [?1780] (folio 22);

(xxi) View of the new mill and Loch Nellan on the Estate of S P (?) Grant of Rothiemurchus, ‘JPG.1’, [?October 1800] (folio 23);

(xxii) Sawmills on the road to Loch Nellan, [?October 1800] (folio 24);

(xxiii) Loch Gown in Rothiemurchus, [?October 1800] (folio 25);

(xxiv) View at entrance of Glenlyon, [?September 1780] (folio 26);

(xxv) Unidentified rural scene with group of houses and wooden hills in the background, undated (folio 27);

(xxvi) Loch Gown, [?October 1800] (folio 28);

(xxvii) Loch Inellan, ‘JPG 2’, [?October 1800] (folio 29);

(xxviii) View of Milltown in Rothiemurchus, [?October 1800] (folio 30);

(xxix) View of Toralvie from the Pilcher in Rothiemurchus, [?October 1800] (folio 31);

(xxx) Auldnacardoch Mill and cottage in Rothiemurchus, [?October 1800] (folio 32);

(xxxi) A small lake behind Auldnacardoch Cottage, [?October 1800] (folio 33);

(xxxii) View of the same lake with the hill of Craigellachie, [?October 1800] (folio 34);

(xxxiii) View from the Lochan More, Rothiemurchus; ‘E.R.G 2’ has been scored out, [?October 1800] (folio 35);

(xxxiv) [Coylumbridge] over the river Divie, Rothiemurchus, [?October 1800] (folio 36);

(xxxv) Saw mill at the Bernie, Rothiemurchus, [?October 1800] (folio 37);

(xxxvi) View on the Loranach, Rothiemurchus, ‘JPG 5’, 17 October 1800 (folio 38);

(xxxvii) View of Coylumbridge, [?October 1800] (folio 39);

(xxxviii) Coates, belonging to [William] Walker, Writer, [?1801] (folio 40);

(xxxix) View at Coates (belonging to Mr Walker, writer) with Edinburgh Castle in the distance, [?1801] (folio 41);

(xl) Lauriston Castle, the property of Mr Law, [?1801]; reproduced in ‘The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland’ by David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross, volume 5, page 92, where it is described as “from North-West” (folio 42);

(xli) Lauriston Castle, the property of Mr Law, brother to General Jacques A B Law, Marquis de Lauriston, the French Officer who brought over the Preliminaries of Peace, [?1801]; reproduced in ‘The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland’ by David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross, volume 5, page 93, where it is described as “from South-West” (folio 43);

(xlii) General view of Lauriston with the Firth of Forth, [?1801]; reproduced (with a description, incorrectly, of Lauriston Castle, Kincardineshire, and an apparently wrong date), in ‘Scotia Depicta’ by J C Nattes, number 37 (folio 44);

(xliii) House of Thomas Wharton, collector of customs, Edinburgh, [?1801] (folio 45);

(xliv) South east view of Dirleton, the seat of the family of Nisbet, 3 November 1801 (folio 46);

(xlv) Town of North Berwick, [November 1801] (folio 47);

(xlvi) Tantallon Castle, two miles from North Berwick, [November 1801] (folio 48);

(xlvii) Tantallon Castle, [November 1801] (folio 49);

(xlviii) Tantallon Castle, [November 1801] (folio 50);

(xlix) Tantallon Castle, [November 1801] (folio 51);

(l) Tantallon Castle, [November 1801] (folio 52);

(li) Tantallon Castle, [November 1801] (folio 53);

(lii) Tantallon Castle, [November 1801] (folio 54);

(liii) Inside view of Tantallon Castle, [November 1801] (folio 55);

(liv) Unidentified: townscape with waterwheel in the foreground, [November 1801] (folio 56);

(lv) Ruins of the cathedral of Lindisfarne now called Holy Island, [6 November 1801] (folio 57);

(lvi) Ruins of the Cathedral of Lindisfarne, now called Holy Island, [?6 November 1801] (folio 58);

(lvii) The Castle of Holy Island, [?6 November 1801] (folio 59);

(lviii) The Castle of Holy Island, [?6 November 1801] (folio 60);

(lix) The Castle of Holy Island, [?6 November 1801] (folio 61);

(lx) The Castle of Holy Island, [?6 November 1801] (folio 62);

(lxi) St John’s Church Holy Island, [?6 November 1801] (folio 63);

(lxii) Distant view possibly of Holy Island, [?6 November 1801] (folio 64);

(lxiii) Bamburgh Castle, with houses in the foreground, [?November 1801] (folio 65);

(lxiv) Bamburgh Castle, [?November 1801] (folio 66);

(lxv) Bamburgh, showing battlements and windmill, [?November 1801] (folio 67);

(lxvi) Bamburgh Castle, with windmill in front, [?November 1801] (folio 68);

(lxvii) View of Newcastle, from the Mansion house, [?November 1801] (folio 69);

(lxviii) Wetherby, Yorkshire, [?November 1801] (folio 70).

Dates

  • Creation: 1780-1801, undated.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

73 Leaves

Language of Materials

From the Series: Undetermined

Arrangement

iii + 70 folios.

Bibliography

MacGibbon, David, and Ross, Thomas ‘The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland’, 5 volumes (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1887-1892); Nattes, J C. ‘Scotia Depicta’ (London: William Miller, 1804).

Repository Details

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