Engravings. Prints.
Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:
John Sawers` Armorial, containing the arms of the Scottish nobility, mostly painted on engraved outlines.
Journal of a tour to Scotland, 12 August-7 October 1842, kept by Miss S Taylor, of Moore Green, near Birmingham.
Journal of a tour to Scotland by Clement Mansfield Ingleby.
Journal of Dr Jacob Pattisson, President of the Royal Medical, Physical, and Speculative Societies in the University of Edinburgh, written during a tour of part of the Highlands, 1780.
Letter, 1832, of Thomas Carlyle to Allan Cunningham.
Carlyle praises and analyses Cunningham`s poem "The Maid of Elvar" and obliquely criticises the poetry of Sir Walter Scott.
Includes engravings and photographs of Carlyle, Carlyle-related locations, and one of Jane Welsh Carlyle inscribed by Thomas Carlyle in 1873.
Letter of Archibald Menzies to Dr James Edward Smith.
Includes an engraved portrait of Menzies.
Letter of George Dempster of Dunnichen to George Chalmers.
With an engraved portrait of Dempster.
Letter of Sir Walter Scott to Mrs Terry asking for the loan of her sketchbook.
Includes an engraving of Abbotsford.
Letters, 1959-1986, of Richard Pennington, and American associates, to Ruari McLean.
Includes 12 letters, 1946-1947, to McLean concerning George Cruickhank, with printed cuttings and engravings.
Letters, engraved portraits, printed biographical notes, and other papers, chiefly of generals and admirals who served under Napoleon.
The letters, which were collected for their autograph interest, are chiefly on army administrative matters, but a few concern military conditions and contemporary events.
Letters to or concerning Robert Surtees from various correspondents.
Literary papers and artwork of Angela Lemaire.
Literary papers and artwork of Angela Lemaire, comprising correspondence relating to artist and fine press books; typescripts of novels; sketchbooks; engravings.
'Man in his muscles', a notebook of anatomical engravings attributed to Robert Elliot Bewick, wood-engraver, Newcastle, with notes on perspective, and the bones of the human skull.
It is possible to date the engravings circa 1824, from an obituary of 'Mr Sharp the Engraver', copied into the notebook, and stated to come from the ‘Tyne Mercury’ for 19th October 1824.
Microfilm of a volume, 1859, concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet’s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club; and, letters and poems, 1785-1867, of and concerning, Robert Burns gathered by Adam Sim of Coulter.
The contents are as follows:
A volume, 1859, concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet’s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club (Acc.10847);
Letters and poems of, 1785-1867, and relating to, Robert Burns gathered by Adam Sim of Coulter; including letters of Allan Cunningham and of Robert Tannahil (MS.23150).
Note of 11th Earl of Buchan.
Concerning George Chapman.
With an engraving of Buchan.
Papers of Agnes Miller Parker.
Includes sketches, proofs, engravings for book illustrations and 560 letters, mostly concerning her engravings.
Papers of George Thomson, chiefly concerning Robert Bums.
Papers of Iain Macnab.
Including engravings, drawings, and sketchbooks.
Papers of Robert Cadell and the Stevenson family, additional to MSS.21001-21069: Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell and his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Proofs and specimens of wood engravings from works published by W and R Chambers.
Robert Burns: A volume concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet`s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club.
Contains autograph letters, engraved portraits of Burns and circa 60 engravings illustrating the poems. Includes original letter of Burns (letter 712). Pamphlet "Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Burns..." is inlaid into the volume.
‘Short Account of the Familie of Birnie of that Ilk ... as also of The Hamiltons of Broomhill . . . conforme to The papers, and other wrytts . . . now in the Charter Chest at Broomhill ; with ane full account of the papers themselves . . . from anno 1473 ... By me Jo: Birnie.'
The label gives the final date as 1729, but a charter of 1730 is mentioned. The author left his work uncompleted.
Sketches and proof wood engravings of Joan Hassall for `The Collected Poems of Andrew Young` (1950).
Sketches and proof wood engravings of Joan Hassall for `The Collected Poems of Andrew Young` (London: Jonathan Cape, 1950), bound in an album with 4 letters, 1949-1950, of Andrew Young and an undated commentary on the work by Joan Hassall.