Prints. Visual works
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding., 1781-1820, undated
Series
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
Corrected proofs of John Bellany and Alan Bold, "Homage to MacDiarmid".
File
Identifier: Acc.9156
Scope and Contents
With lithographic plates, and manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem.
Dates:
circa 1986.
Fourteen hand-coloured manuscript and printed maps and 3 diagrams of Caldor Wood, Scotland, by William Edward Scott Mutch.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12361
Dates:
1955-1961.
Framed copy of a print of 'The opening of the Waterloo Bridge on the 18th of June 1817’, drawn by William Findlater, etched by A Pugin., 1817-1818.
Item
Identifier: MS.19965
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1817-1818.
Letter of Graham Stuart together with newpaper cuttings concerning him and a lithograph.
File
Identifier: Acc.10470
Dates:
1832-1838.
Letters and postcards, 1970-1980 and undated, of W.S. Graham to William Featherston, with a few letters of Nessie Graham and others; typescript, carbon typescript and photocopied typescript of draft sections of long poems, 1958 and undated, including `The Dark Dialogues` and `With the Dulle Griet in Canada`; silk screen print portrait of W.S. Graham by William Featherston; and CD and audio-cassette of BBC radio broadcast by W.S. Graham.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13163
Scope and Contents
William Featherston, a Canadian artist, lived and worked in Cornwall during the 1960s. During this period he became a friend of Sydney and Nessie Graham. Featherston returned to Canada in 1971, and the friends corresponded over the next decade. The letters and cards are wide-ranging, intensely personal, and often enriched with Graham`s drawings and doodles. The sections of typescript poetry (some of it carbon typescript and photocopies) include draft passages from `The Dark Dialogues` and...
Dates:
1958, 1970-1980, and undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Adair to Adams, W.H., 1820-1926.
File
Identifier: MS.40005
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, when required, by date under each name. Adair, Cornelia, 1904-1915: folios 1-7; Adair, Robert, 1843: folios 8-9; Adair, W H, 1897-1898: folios 10-19;Adam, Mr, 1825: folios 20-23;Adam, Frederick, 1871: folios 24-27; (1)Adam, W, 1861: folios 28-29;Adam, William, 1834-1836: folios 30-33;A and C Black Ltd, 1848-1901: folios...
Dates:
1820-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Barry, A. to Barry, W., 1826-1907.
File
Identifier: MS.40063
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, where required, by date under each name.Barry, Alfred, 1865-1905: folios 1-73;Barry, Charles (1795-1860), 1832-1834: folios 74-87;Barry, Charles (1823-1900), 1849-1884: folios 88-108;Barry, David, 1826: folios 109-112;Barry, Edward Middleton, 1860-1876: folios 113-119;Barry, Edward Milner, 1891: folios 120-123;Barry, H., 1830: folios...
Dates:
1826-1907.
Miscellaneous papers of John Pinkerton., Late 18th century-early 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1711
Scope and Contents
The contents comprise materials relating to John Pinkerton's collections of poetry (folio 1), edition of Barbour (folio 29), geographical works (folio 35), mineralogy (folio 104), ‘Recollections of Paris’ (folio 129), etc.; plans for works which were not subsequently carried out (folio 153); original poems (folio 164); and miscellaneous matter (folio 173).
Dates:
Late 18th century-early 19th century.
Oleographic print (number 185 of 500) of a portrait of John Francis Campbell of Islay by Frederick Hurlstone.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10252
Dates:
circa 1830.
Papers and prints from the collection of John Telfer Dunbar, costume historian.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12390
Scope and Contents
Includes letters, 1807-1855, of William Wilson and Sons, tartan manufacturers, Bannockburn.
Dates:
circa 1807-2002.
Papers concerning "The Naturalist`s Library", edited by Sir William Jardine.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6788
Scope and Contents
Containing original drawings, watercolours, working proofs and prints.
Dates:
1833-1845.
Papers of Alasdair Gray.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11338/1-40
Scope and Contents
Includes a thesis entitled "The World of 4 to 7 Years", 1960, together with printed items illustrating Gray`s work as a graphic artist and book designer.
Dates:
circa 1960-1991.
Papers of G S Fraser.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11756
Scope and Contents
Includes typescripts of articles, essays, reviews and translations, many arranged in order by Fraser`s wife, Eileen, with a view to publication in collected form; also includes printed material by Fraser and correspondence concerning his work.
Dates:
circa 1957-1980.
Photograph of a coloured print of the Battle of Jutland by Captain H M Doughty.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6726
Dates:
1916.
Photographic archive of Paul Shillabeer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9139
Scope and Contents
Principally concerning the Edinburgh International Festival, to which Shillabear was official photographer from 1948 to 1973, but also concerning Edinburgh and other parts of Scotland, craftsmen and artists at work and portraits.
Dates:
1920-1973.
Prints from the original negatives of George Adam Smith collection of photographs taken in Palestine.
File
Identifier: Acc.9314
Dates:
circa 1904.
Prints, signed by the artist, of drawings of Corstorphine Castle (as reconstituted) and Strathendry Castle, by Yvonne de Casabianca.
File
Identifier: Acc.10587
Dates:
1992.
WGML Photographic Archive., circa 1920s-2000s
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/15
Scope and Contents
Photographs within the WGML have not been fully catalogued but are summarised below for ease of access. Researchers and visitors are welcome to consult these items upon request. For further information, please contact manuscripts@nls.uk directly.Acc.14114/2/3/15
15/1 Envelope containing photographs labelled by Audrey Canning as ‘photographs to be returned to photo case’ (c.1920s-1930s)
[All photographs are labelled individually]
15/2 Green plastic box of...
Dates:
circa 1920s-2000s