Drawings. Visual works.
Found in 192 Collections and/or Records:
Illustrated diary of a journey through the Trossachs and West Perthshire.
Illustrated log books of the yachts ‘Norma’ and ‘Coquette’, of cruises off the West Coast of Scotland, and also to Brittany and the Channel Islands. Both yachts were owned by Sir Thomas Newnham Deane (1828-1899), an Irish architect. The logs were probably written by his friend, Joseph Manley Todd. They are illustrated with delightful, often humorous, pen and wash drawings by Deane of the party and places they visited.
Illustrated recipe book compiled by Katherine Jane Ellice of Invergarry.
Illustrated travel journal of Samuel Jolly.
Contains watercolours and pencil drawings of Scottish Highland scenery.
Journal containing an account of a tour made by an English gentleman 'Among the Alps', probably in the middle of the nineteenth century.
The journal is profusely illustrated with pencil drawings of the scenery described and of places visited. Several of the drawings bear the initials R D.
Journal of A Coaching Tour in Scotland.
Journal of `A few weeks among the Blue-bells of Scotland, memoranda of men, manners and mountains above the Tweed`
Journal of `A Month in Scotland by M`, Rev. J.J. Twist, Rector of Holy Innocents Church, Manchester.
Journal of a tour of Scotland of Elizabeth Cowburn.
Elizabeth Cowburn departs from London, travelling through Scotland by train, steamer and carriage. Places visited include Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dunkeld, Blair Atholl, Inverness, Stirling and Iona. The journal includes pencil sketchess and pasted in printed illustrations.
'Journal of an expedition to Shetland in 1834' and 'Journal of a visit to & residence in the Shetland Islands in 1832', by Edward Charlton, both written up in 1843.
The work describes the scenery, natural history, customs, history, superstitions, and antiquities of Zetland, and is illustrated by water-colours and pencil drawings by the author, T M Richardson (perhaps the Younger), George Richardson, and others.
An obituary notice of Edward Charlton has been inserted at the end.
Journals kept by Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet, during tours in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, 1783-1785, and in the country between Paris and Clermont, 1791.
In both series, Sir James Hall shows his interest in metallurgy, mining, geology, agriculture, and architecture, including ancient ruins; he often breaks his narrative of events with long descriptions of phenomena or processes which have made an impression on him. Many drawings of machinery, tools, architectural motifs, geological formations, etc., are scattered throughout the text.
Journals of Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay's 'Travels in Germany and The Imperial Hereditary States, During the Years 1795, 1796, 1797' transcribed by C. Piesse, 1801
Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive
Ledgers, notebooks, literary correspondence and audiovisual and printed material of Alasdair Gray.
Letter and two geological drawings of Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh, by James Hall.
Letter of Ebenezer Henderson to his uncle, the Reverend Ebenezer Henderson, with two astronomical drawings.
Letter of Elizabeth Bacon Custer to her `Dear Sister` describing a visit to Scotland as the guest of Andrew Carnegie at Cluny Castle. With a drawing of highland dancing `July 4th 1891, at Cluny Castle`.
Letter of Robert Burns to Andrew Fyfe, surgeon in Edinburgh, with an apparently contemporary drawing of Burns by Miss Bird, 'a lady artist'.
Letter of Walter Scott, illustrated with pen and wash drawings of Abbotsford and Melrose Abbey by Hugh William Williams.
Letters and artwork proposals, including sketches and drawings, of Ian Hamilton Finlay, with related drawings, designs and papers of Michael Harvey, letter cutter.
Letters and drawings bearing on the hoax practised on Augustine Birrell, by Charles Geake and others, 1894, with a relevant letter, 1933, inserted in ‘The strange history of Tobias Boffin, B.A. (Lond.)’ (London, 1894).
Letters and papers of Robin Spark to his mother, Muriel Spark.
Includes cards and juvenile drawings, copies of Muriel Spark`s replies and letters of her mother to her.