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28 sketchbooks of Robert Somerville.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10649
Scope and Contents

Includes printed material.

Dates: 1895-1933.

Copy, undated, of the printed text of Helen Bannerman, "The Story of Sambo and the Twins", with pencil sketches for illustrations.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8884
Scope and Contents

With sketch book of Bannerman and copy of E H Aitken, "The Common Birds of Bombay" (1900), with four letters of Aitken to Mrs Bannerman who did part of the illustrations.

Dates: 1900 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.15001-15195
Scope and Contents

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.

Dates: 1757-1934, undated.

Designs for book decorations, stage sets and garden buildings by William McLaren.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11560
Scope and Contents

Includes a sketchbook, specimans of calligraphy and printed books designed or decorated by McLaren.

Dates: 1943-1968.

Facsimile, after 1918, of a sketchbook, ?1916, of caricatures of officers of the Royal Scots during the First World War.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14190
Content Description

The artist is anonymous, but notes in the sketchbook indicate that his first name was Robin.

Dates: ?1916.

Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates: 1941-2022

Literary papers and artwork of Angela Lemaire.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13375
Scope and Contents

Literary papers and artwork of Angela Lemaire, comprising correspondence relating to artist and fine press books; typescripts of novels; sketchbooks; engravings.

Dates: 1965 - 2011

Literary papers of Jen Hadfield.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14031

Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.30.5.1-30.5.28
Scope and Contents

The notes and extracts appear to have been made between about 1784 and about 1820, but most are undated.

Dates: Circa 1784-circa 1820.

Notebooks, diaries and personal papers of Alasdair Gray, with some literary papers and printed material.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9417/1-100
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, sketchbooks, diaries, literary fragments and personal documents.

Dates: 1944-1986.

Notebooks recording a tour of Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14494
Content Description

Two journals and a sketchbook, possibly by Harriet Wise (1797-1877) or her sister Hannah.

Places visited include: Dunkeld, Inverness, Drumnadrochit, Fort William, Tobermory, Staffa, Skye, Inveraray, Cairdow and Glasgow.

The sketchbook includes drawings of Ben Cruachan, the Cuillins on Syke, Iona, Inveraray, Staffa, Urqhart Castle. Two paintings of Melrose and Loch Leven Castle tipped inside.

Dates: 1828

Papers of and concerning Francis and Jessie Newbery and family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6577
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. letter, 1925, of Charles Rennie Mackintosh to Francis Newbery, on artistic matters

2. nine letters, 1926-1944, of Francis and Jessie Newberry to their daughters, on family matters

3. sketchbook, circa 1943-1953, of A R Sturrock

4. letter, 1948, of A R Sturrock to Elsie Lang.

Dates: 1925-1953.

Papers of and relating to the artists Beatrice Huntington and William MacDonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14369/1-39
Scope and Contents Beatrice Huntington was born in 1889 in St. Andrews to Dr William Huntington, surgeon, and Charlotte Huntington, née Bowles, daughter of Joseph Bowles of Quebec City. She was educated in St Andrews before attending art schools in Paris and Munich between 1906-1911. She began exhibiting in 1916 and became an active member of the Dundee Art Society and the Society of Scottish Artists. Influenced by Modernist art styles, she experimented with Cubism in her portraits, including 'A Muleteer from...
Dates: 1864-2015.

Papers of Charles d`Orville Pilkington Jackson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7445
Scope and Contents

Including sketchbooks, drawings, correspondence, and accounts, mainly concerning Jackson`s sculptures.

Dates: 1909-1973.

Papers of Iain Macnab.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6273
Scope and Contents

Including engravings, drawings, and sketchbooks.

Dates: circa 1930-circa 1967.

Papers of Jessie M King.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6740
Scope and Contents

Comprising drawings, sketchbooks, manuscripts of books and articles, diaires, and correspondence, with letters of Gordon Bottomley and Cecile Walton.

Dates: circa 1899-1949.

Papers of John Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6289
Scope and Contents

Including letters of Ruskin, Thackerry and Mark Twain.

With sketchbooks and family papers.

Dates: 1784-1938.

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Names
Alexander, Sir James Edward, Knight, of Westerton, General, 1803-1885 2
Aitken, Edward Hamilton, writer on India, 1851-1909 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Ballantyne (family, of Holylee ) 1
Bannerman, Helen Brodie Cowan, children's writer, née Watson, 1862-1946 1
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Bannerman, Helen Brodie Cowan, children's writer, née Watson, 1862-1946: recipient 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 1
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 1
Campbell, Lord Archibald, 2nd son of George, 8th Duke of Argyll, 1846-1913 1
Cursiter, Stanley, Director, National Galleries of Scotland, 1887-1976 1
Dreschfeld, Violet Jennie, 1890-1975 (sculptor) 1
Duncan, John, artist, 1866-1945 1
Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, Knight (painter) 1
Everard, Helen Maitland, 1824-1905 (née Stirling, daughter of William Stirling of Castlemilk, Lanarkshire.) 1
Graham, Thomas Henry (of Edmond Castle, Cumbria) 1
Grant of Kilgraston, John, 1799-1873 1
Grant, Francis, Sir, Knight (portrait painter) 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 1
Hadfield, Jen (poet and artist) 1
Huntington, Beatrice Marie Louise, 1889-1988 (artist and musician) 1
Huntington, Charlotte Macleod, 1849-1919 (née Bowles, wife of William Huntington) 1
Huntington, William, d.1930 (surgeon) 1
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 1
Jackson, Charles d'Orville Pilkington, sculptor, 1887-1973 1
Johnston, Thomas, politician and newspaper editor, 1881-1965 1
Lang, Margaret Elliot, daughter of Francis H Newbery, Director of the Glasgow School of Art, née Newbery, b 1890. 1
Lemaire, Angela, artist, engraver, b 1944 1
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 1
MacDonald, William, 1883-1960 (artist) 1
Mackay, Lucinda Louise, Lady, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Inchcape (artist) (b 1941) 1
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie (architect and painter) 1
Macnab, Iain, of Barachastlain, painter and wood-engraver, 1890-1967 1
McLaren, William, artist, 1923-1987 1
Newbery, Francis Henry, Director of the Glasgow School of Art, 1855-1946 1
Newbery, Francis Henry, Director of the Glasgow School of Art, 1855-1946. 1
Newbery, Jessie Wylie, embroiderer, née Rowat, 1864-1948 1
Peploe, Samuel John, painter, 1871-1935 1
Rose, Jessie S, pupil, Edinburgh Ladies' College, fl 1902-1903 1
Ross, Horatio, 1801-1886 (Sportsman) 1
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Somerville, Robert, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, fl 1895-1933 1
Stuart, Hannah, wife of Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart, née Tighe, c.1800-1872 1
Studio Alec Finlay 1
Sturrock, Alick Riddell, painter, 1885-1953 1
Sturrock, Mary Arbuckle Newbery, daughter of Francis H Newbery, Director of the Glasgow School of Art, née Newbery, b 1892. 1
Syson, William, 1930-2019 (banker and philanthropist) 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949. 1
Thackeray, William Makepeace, novelist, 1811-1863 1
Thomson, Adam Bruce, artist, 1885-1976 1
Trotter, Alexander Pelham, electrical engineer, 1857-1947 1
Trotter, Alys Fane, wife of Alexander P, electrical engineer, née Keatinge, fl 1886-1901 1
Trotter, Nigel, son of Alexander P, electrical engineer, d c 1918 1
Twain, Mark, writer and lecturer, 1835-1910 1
Victor, Cécile, artist, fl 1925-1996 1
Walton, Cecile, painter, 1891-1956 1
Webb, Edward (artist) 1
Westlake, I F, Farnham, fl 1976 1
Westmacott, Richard, Sir, Knight (sculptor) 1
Wingate, Sir James Lawton, Knight, painter, 1846-1924 1
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