Maps. Cartographic materials.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to graphic or photogrammetric representations of the Earth's surface or a part of it, including physical features and political boundaries, where each point corresponds to a geographical or celestial position according to a definite scale or projection. The term may also refer to similar depictions of other planets, suns, other heavenly bodies, or areas of the heavens. Maps are typically depicted on a flat medium, such as on paper, a wall, or a computer screen.
Found in 680 Collections and/or Records:
'Brae of Angus, [and] The height of Anguss, M.T.P.', [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 42)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
Buqhan from Ythan River to Duverne., [?1583-?1596]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.9(10)
Dates:
[?1583-?1596]
Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10706/1-697
Scope and Contents
These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates:
1636-1963.
Business papers of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.216- is now Acc.10706.
Dates:
Circa 1795-1905.
Campaign map of the country either side of the River Tejo from the estuary to Tomar and Abrantes., [Circa 1811.]
Item
Identifier: MS.14557
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
[Circa 1811.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Official military papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Quartermaster-General to the army in the Spanish Peninsula.
Campaign materials of Yes Scotland for the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13672/1-22
Dates:
?2012-2014.
'Cantyre' [i.e. Kintyre]., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 39)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
Carta Militar da Parte do Reino de Portugal, em que, o exercite Francez commandade pelo General Massena fez a sua retirada em Marco de 1811; pinipale dos pontos de Pombal, Anciao e Espinhal…, Circa 1811.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.1(55)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the maps were acquired by General Sir George Murrary during his active service, others later for historical purposes. They are arranged as follows: Peninsula (numbers 1-88); France (numbers 89-95); uncertain locality (numbers 95-96); Canada (numbers 97-106); Flanders (numbers 107-133); various military actions, 1761-1846, and undated, especially those of 1813 (numbers 134-164). A list has been placed at the front of each volume; only the manuscript items have...
Dates:
Circa 1811.
Carte de dislocation du Corps d'Armee Russe … le. 10 Fevrier 1816. Paris:P. G. Chanlaire, [1816?]., 1816.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.2(113)
Scope and Contents
2 maps stuck together with list of infantry divisions. Covers area Ghent -Rheims, Peronne-Virton.
Dates:
Other: 1816.
Carte de dislocation du Corps d'Armee Russe … le. 10 Fevrier 1816. Paris:P. G. Chanlaire, [1816?]; with MS annotations., 1816.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.2(114)
Scope and Contents
This map has the same title as Adv.MS.46.10.2(113) but is mounted differently and does not have the detailed infantry list.
Dates:
Other: 1816.
Carte de la campagne de l'Armee Gallo-Batave sur le Meyn et la Rednitz en Frimaire, Nivoise et Pluviose , an 9 [1800/1]. Dirige par Bacler d'Albe., 1800-1801.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.2(138)
Cathenesia descripta ex magna ejusdem charta quam lustravit et descripsit Timoth. Pont. / Opera R. Gordonii ...'., 1642.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 9)
Scope and Contents
Imprint: mense Aprili, 1642.
Dates:
1642.
Chart of the Gulf of Oman., 1909.
Item
Identifier: MS.13454 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1909.
Charter by the Commissioners of Her Majesty`s Woods, in favour of Arthur Forbes, 9th of Culloden, in the Cairnlaw fishings., 21 August 1874.
Item
Identifier: Ch.16812
Scope and Contents
With map attached.
Dates:
21 August 1874.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2., 1781-1820, and undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 1., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (1 of 14), numbers 1a-14b
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Fife
(1a) St. Andrews, view from the east, print taken from a copy of ‘Reliquiae divi Andreae’ by George Martine (St. Andrews: James Morison, 1797), where it is the first illustration);
(1b) St. Andrews, drawing, undated of view from the west, with the sea combat of the Dolphin and Solbay with the French frigate Belleisle, 1758, copied from an etching by – Clerk;
(2) St. Andrews, Holy Trinity Church, drawing, undated;
(3a) St. Andrews, Cathedral, plan, 1813, by...
Dates:
1781-1820, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 2., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (2 of 14), numbers 15a-26c
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Fife
(15a)-(15b) Inverkeithing, Parish Church, engravings, undated, (from drawings by W Paterson) of font;
(15c)-(15d) Inverkeithing, Parish Church, notes, [circa 1811], undated, on heraldry in engravings;
(16) Inverkeithing, Parish Church, drawing, 1814, of tombstone;
(17) Loch Leven, drawing, 1783;
(18a) Loch Leven, Castle, drawing, 1807, by Miss Alicia Jones (later Mrs Duke Crofton of Lakefield);
(18b) Loch Leven, Castle, drawing, 1781;
(18c) Loch Leven,...
Dates:
1781-1820, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 3., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (3 of 14), numbers 26d-36a
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)
(26d) North Berwick, St. Andrew’s Church;
(26e) North Berwick, St. Andrew’s Church;
(27a) Dirleton, Collegiate Church, plan, 1817, by Alexander Morton;
(27b) Dirleton, Castle, drawing, 1782; reproduced in ‘The antiquities of Scotland’ by Francis Grose (London: Samuel Hooper, 1791), volume 1, facing page 72;
(28a) Dunbar, Castle, drawing, 1782, of part;
(28b) Dunbar, Collegiate Church, drawing, 1816, of east end;
(28c) Dunbar,...
Dates:
1781-1820, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 4., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (4 of 14: 36b.44a), numbers 36b-44a
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)
(36b) Luffness, drawing, 1802, of Bickerton’s tomb;
(36c) Luffness, Friary, drawing, [1802], of damaged tombstone, with notes;
(37a) Seton, drawing, 1802, of south-west view;
(37b) Seton, Collegiate Church, drawing, 1781; reproduced in ‘The antiquities of Scotland’ by Francis Grose (London: Samuel Hooper, 1791), volume 1, preceding page 65;
(37c) Seton, Collegiate Church, notes, and drawings, 1802, of armorial bearings;
(38a) Seton,...
Dates:
1781-1820, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 5., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (5 of 14), numbers 44b-56a
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Inverness-shire
(44b) Beauly, Priory, plan, with notes, [1815];
(45a)-(45b) Beauly, Priory, plan, with notes, 1815, by – Hog;
(46a) Harris, St. Clement’s Church, drawing, 1789, by Francis Grose;
(46b) Harris, St. Clement’s Church, plan, 1818, by William Daniell;
(47a)-(47b) Harris, St. Clement’s Church, sketch and drawing, 1818, by William Daniell of funerary monument of Alexander (died 1528), son of William MacLeod of Dunvegan;
(47c) Harris, St. Clement’s...
Dates:
1781-1820, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 6., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (6 of 14), numbers 56b-71a
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Kirkcudbrightshire
(56b) New Abbey, drawing, 1820, of armorial, with notes, received from James Thomson;
(56c) New Abbey, plan with notes, 1789, communicated by William Wright;
(56d) Terregles, Church, drawing, 1789;
(57a) Tongland, Church, sketch, 1811, of north-west view;
(57b) Tongland, Mill, sketch, 1811, of sculptured stone;
(57c) Tongland, sketch, 1811, of sculptured stone in wall of house;
Lanarkshire
(58) Bigger, Collegiate Church, plan, 1790,...
Dates:
1781-1820, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 7., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 8., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 9., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 10., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.