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Assessments claimed in respect of the local Poor Law Acts on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5431
Dates:
1842-1848.
Journal of `A few weeks among the Blue-bells of Scotland, memoranda of men, manners and mountains above the Tweed`
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13639
Scope and Contents
The author of this illustrated journal lived at Bedford Villa, Richmond Hill, Clifton, Bristol, and was probably Ada Margaret Leech, wife of Charles Octavius Harvey, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Bristol.The writer and `Charles` travelled from Bristol to Melrose by train and visited Abbotsford, Melrose Abbey and Dryburgh Abbey before leaving for Edinburgh. Queen Victoria had recently been in Edinburgh and there are numerous pasted in printed drawings of scenes of her visit. The...
Dates:
1886
Journal of a tour in Scotland of a dissenting English preacher.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13235
Scope and Contents
The writer travelled from the vicinity of Hertford to Scotland to preach in order to raise funds for the Hibernian Society. While in Scotland he met with Seccession ministers and other Dissenters, preaching on numerous occasions to large congregations. Places visited include Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dumbarton, Paisley, Port Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen. Although preaching was the main purpose of the tour, this was the writer`s first visit to Scotland and he comments as a tourist on his...
Dates:
1820.
Journal of a tour in Scotland of Elizabeth Susannah Graham
Item
Identifier: Acc.13509
Scope and Contents
The journal describes a visit to Scotland in the autumn of 1819 made by Elizabeth Susannah Graham and her daughter Eliza Maria Graham. The tour includes lively descriptions of visits to New Lanark, Glasgow, a steam boat trip on Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, the Caledonian Canal, Inverary, Staffa and Oban. The tour ends with a visit to Edinburgh and the journal includes descriptions of pictures viewed at the premises of Alexander Nasmyith and Henry Raeburn.
Dates:
1819
Journal of Lucy Elizabeth Sherwood.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8679
Scope and Contents
During a visit to Glasgow and Edinburgh, and a long stay at Seggieden.
Dates:
1826-1827.
Legal papers, maps and prospectuses, largely concerning a Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh canal, and the Slamannan Railway, Stirlingshire.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5855
Dates:
circa 1835-circa 1856.
Letter recounting a tour through Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13633
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mr Haddon, 28 September, 1839 of a tour through Scotland. The tour goes through Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, Culloden, and back through Ayr to view the Eglinton Tournament of 1839.
Dates:
1839
Sketchbook of `Pencil sketches to commemorate my journey to Scotland in the summer and autumn of 1846.`
Item
Identifier: Acc.13646
Scope and Contents
Julius Jacob the Elder (1811-1882) was a German Jewish artist born in Berlin who lived in London between 1844 and 1855. He is known both for his landscapes and society portraits.The sketchbook contains more than 150 pencil sketches of a tour in Scotland from August 1846 to February 1847. Almost all the sketches are dated and identifed. The earliest sketch is of the Isle of Arran. He then moved on to Greenock, Loch Long, Loch Lomond, Inverary, Loch Awe, Fingal`s Cave and Staffa,...
Dates:
1846-1847
Sketchbook of Thomas Henry Graham of views recording a tour in Scotland and northern England
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Identifier: Acc.13510
Scope and Contents
Thomas Henry Graham`s sketchbook provides a visual record of a tour in Scotland of 1812. The sketchbook opens with several drawings of views of and near to his home Edmond Castle, in Cumbria. Graham travelled to Scotland via Northumberland and there are drawings of Newcastle, Alnwick, Belford Castle, Bamburgh Castle and the Farne Islands. Drawings in Scotland include views of Dunbar, Edinburgh, the firth of Forth, Holyrood House, Leith Harbour, Glasgow, Dumbarton Castle, the Cairndow Inn at...
Dates:
1812