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Found in 184 Collections and/or Records:

Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 7., 1781-1820, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (7 of 14), numbers 71b-86b
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Midlothian (71b) Craigmillar, Castle, drawing, 1781; (72a) Crichton, Castle, drawing, 1781; reproduced in ‘The antiquities of Scotland’ by Francis Grose (London: Samuel Hooper, 1791), volume 1, facing page 52*; (72b) Crichton, Collegiate Church, drawing of view from north-west; and, Crichton, Castle, 1789; (73) Crichton, Collegiate Church, plan, 1817, by Alexander Morton; (74) Borthwick, Castle, drawing, 1781; reproduced in ‘The antiquities of Scotland’ by...
Dates: 1781-1820, and undated.

Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 8., 1781-1820, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (8 of 14), numbers 87a-105b
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Midlothian (87a) Edinburgh, Sciennes, Priory, drawing, 1802, of south-west view; (87b) Edinburgh, Sciennes, Priory, drawing, 1784, of remains; (88) Soutra, Hospital, drawing 1784; Reproduced in ‘Sharp practice 1: the first report into the medieval hospital at Soutra…’ edited by Brian Moffat (Edinburgh: Soutra Hospital Archaeoethnopharmacological Research Project, 1986), figure 4, facing page 56. Peeblesshire (89a) Peebles, St. Andrew’s Collegiate Church, drawing,...
Dates: 1781-1820, and undated.

Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 9., 1781-1820, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (9 of 14), numbers 106-117
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Perthshire (106) Fowlis Easter, Collegiate Church, sketch, 1814, of south-west view; (107a) Gowrie, Castle, print of view looking east ‘drawn by General Hutton’ for ‘The portfolio’ published 1823; reproduction from the (missing) original drawing in ‘The antiquities of Scotland’ by Francis Grose (London: Samuel Hooper, 1791), volume 2, following page 244; (107b) Gowrie, Castle, print of south view ‘drawn by General Hutton’ for ‘The portfolio’ published 1823; for...
Dates: 1781-1820, and undated.

Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 10., 1781-1820, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (10 of 14), numbers 118-129c
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Perthshire (118) Perth, Barracks, drawing, 1783, of back looking west; (119) Perth, drawing, 1790, possibly by Francis Grose of cruciform monument on road three miles from Perth to Huntingtower; (120) Perth, copy, undated, by Hutton of (119); (121a) Scone, Palace, drawing, 1783; (121b) Scone, Palace, print, 1775, by A Rutherford; (122) Stobhall, print, [?1798], by D B Pyet; see also ‘Scots peerage’, volume 7, page 58; (123a) Strathfillan, Priory, sketch, 1820, of...
Dates: 1781-1820, and undated.

Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 11., 1781-1820, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (11 of 14), numbers 130a-143b
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Ross-shire (130a) Fearn, Abbey, plan, [?1811-?1821]; (130b) Fearn, Abbey, plan, 1815, by James Shand; (131) Fearn, Abbey, plan, 1815, by James Shand; (132) Fearn, Abbey, sketch, undated (possibly of another building); (133a) Fortrose, Cathedral, drawing, 1815, of north view; (133b) Fortrose, Cathedral, drawing, 1815, of south-east view; (134) Fortrose, Cathedral, drawing, 1819, of interior of Chapter House looking west; (135a) Fortrose, Cathedral, drawing, 1815,...
Dates: 1781-1820, and undated.

Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 12., 1781-1820, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (12 of 14), numbers 144a-161b
Scope and Contents NOTE S&C The contents are as follows: (144a) Tain, St Duthac’s Collegiate Church, drawing, 1815, of south-east view (144b) Tain, St Duthac’s Collegiate Church, drawing, 1815, of east view; (145) Tain, St Duthac’s Collegiate Church, drawing, undated, by James Shand on the verso of a printed form requiring names of men eligible for service in the militia; (146a) Tain, St Duthac’s Collegiate Church, drawing, 1819, of north side; (146b) Tain, St Duthac’s Collegiate Church, drawing, 1819, of...
Dates: 1781-1820, and undated.

Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 13., 1781-1820, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (13 of 14), numbers 162-179
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Roxburghshire (162) Roxburgh, Castle, drawing, 1784, of prospect of remains; reproduced in Francis Grose, ‘The antiquities of Scotland’ by Francis Grose (London: Samuel Hooper, 1789), volume 1, facing page 115; (163) Roxburgh, Friary, drawing, 1784; Stirlingshire (164a) Cambuskenneth, Abbey, drawing, 1789, of south-west view; (164b) Cambuskenneth, Abbey, drawing, 1784, of south-west view of tower; (164c) Cambuskenneth, Abbey, engraving, undated, of tower; (165)...
Dates: 1781-1820, and undated.

Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 14., 1781-1820, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (14 of 14), numbers 180-194
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Orkney (180) Kirkwall, St Magnus’ Cathedral, drawing, undated, by William Daniell of interior; (181a) Kirkwall, St Magnus’ Cathedral, drawing, undated, probably by William Daniell of archway; (181b) Kirkwall, St Magnus’ Cathedral, drawings, undated, probably by William Daniell of capitals of pillars; (181c) Kirkwall, St Magnus’ Cathedral, plan, 1818, by William Daniell; (182) Kirkwall, Earl’s Place, drawing, undated, copied from drawing, 1792, by Edward H...
Dates: 1781-1820, and undated.

Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding., 1781-1820, undated

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.30.5.22-30.5.23
Scope and Contents The collections is supplemented by a large number of finished drawings (some in colour), a few maps, and some architectural plans and elevations, professionally drawn for Hutton by others, or done as favours by some of his correspondents, together with a number of separately acquired prints, and engraved views cut out from contemporary printed booksThe collection, which was previously bound in two large volumes, was subsequently dismounted and the items individually attached to...
Dates: 1781-1820, undated

`Collection of armorial bearings, inscriptions, etc.` made by Alexander Deuchar, volume 1., 1812-1841.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.32.7.1A
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The volume consists of notes on, and sketches of arms, mostly taken from churchyards in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Scotland, with a few copied from seals. They are followed by a list of clans and their badges (page 495), a list of chartularies and related material in the Advocates` and other libraries (page 501), and an index (page 521).

Dates: 1812-1841.

Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world., 1841-1880.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.3.14-50.5.6
Scope and Contents

The volumes reflect, in his detailed descriptions, watercolours and sketches, Campbell’s interest in people, art, science and sport. In the later journals, his interest in geology and meteorology predominates, with particular emphasis on the effects of glaciation observed in various countries.

The sketches usually occur in chronological sequence with notes below each giving the date, place and other additional information.

Dates: 1841-1880.

Composite volume made up in or about 1819 (the date of the watermark of the binder`s blanks) from five folio notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.22.1.13
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Extracts, 1797, in the hand of the chief clerk, Robert Lemon, from the `Rotuli Scotiae` kept in the Tower of London (cf. folio 282). The extracts relate to the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. The manuscripts were published, in two volumes, in 1814 and 1819. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copies by Hutton of charters of Newbattle Abbey (folio 32). The source is unidentified: they are in a different order from those of the cartulary...
Dates: ?1789-?1797.

`Continuation of Memoirs of Campaigns on the Peninsula from 1st December 1812 to 11th November 1813. By Captain James Stirling of the 42nd Regiment Royal Highlanders.`, 1812-1813.

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Identifier: MS.23631
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The volume includes four pages of sketches depicting the native Spaniards and their dress. Also included, at the back of the volume, is a list of the places visited and cumulative totals of the distances traveled by the army during its deployment in this period.

Dates: 1812-1813.

Copy of William Allan, "History of the Campaign of Gen T J (Stonewall) Jackson", inscribed and marked by Douglas Haig.

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Identifier: Acc.7135
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Containing maps and sketches, undated.

Dates: 1888 and undated.

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

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Identifier: Acc.8884
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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.

Corrected typescripts of "Brand the Builder" by Tom Scott.

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Identifier: Acc.12273
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Includes artwork for the Ember Press edition of "Brand the Builder", and typescripts of other poems.

Dates: circa 1974-1975.

Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton concerning his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.4.2(i)-(xiii)
Scope and Contents The correspondence consists of letters to Hutton from various correspondents, many of whom were parish ministers to whom he had written asking for information; the papers consist of transcripts of charters and other formal documents, extracts from cartularies and other registers, and descriptions, sketches, plans and elevations of monasteries and other religious buildings. The greater part of the collection is dated between 1788 and 1790, and between 1809 and 1822 (many of the...
Dates: 1785-1823, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton concerning his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland, volume 1: Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire., 1785-1823, undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.4.2(i)
Scope and Contents From the Series: The correspondence consists of letters to Hutton from various correspondents, many of whom were parish ministers to whom he had written asking for information; the papers consist of transcripts of charters and other formal documents, extracts from cartularies and other registers, and descriptions, sketches, plans and elevations of monasteries and other religious buildings. The greater part of the collection is dated between 1788 and 1790, and between 1809 and 1822 (many of the...
Dates: 1785-1823, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton concerning his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland, volume 2: Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire., 1785-1823, undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.4.2(ii)
Scope and Contents From the Series: The correspondence consists of letters to Hutton from various correspondents, many of whom were parish ministers to whom he had written asking for information; the papers consist of transcripts of charters and other formal documents, extracts from cartularies and other registers, and descriptions, sketches, plans and elevations of monasteries and other religious buildings. The greater part of the collection is dated between 1788 and 1790, and between 1809 and 1822 (many of the...
Dates: 1785-1823, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton concerning his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland, volume 3: Peebles., 1785-1823, undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.4.2(iii)
Scope and Contents From the Series: The correspondence consists of letters to Hutton from various correspondents, many of whom were parish ministers to whom he had written asking for information; the papers consist of transcripts of charters and other formal documents, extracts from cartularies and other registers, and descriptions, sketches, plans and elevations of monasteries and other religious buildings. The greater part of the collection is dated between 1788 and 1790, and between 1809 and 1822 (many of the...
Dates: 1785-1823, undated.