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Paintings. Visual works.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Unique works in which images are formed primarily by the direct application of pigments suspended in oil, water, egg yolk, molten wax, or other liquid, arranged in masses of color, onto a generally two-dimensional surface.

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Account of Dalmeny Parish, with its buildings and the local families, with extracts from registers, etc., collected by John Philp Wood., 1st quarter of 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1874
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Leaves found loose in the volumes have been placed in MS.1878, with some other loose papers, and references have been made to and from the volumes in which they were found.

Dates: 1st quarter of 19th century.

Amateur painting of centenary visit of Moderator., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10903/51
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Chiefly relating to links with Women's Guilds at home and centenary celebrations, but also with material relevant to the history of Women's Forrign Missions. There is also a large number of play scripts in this accession.

Dates: Undated.

'Art of the black-and-white artist, and the wood-engraver, with some beautiful examples, collected by John A. Hipkins.', Late 19th century-early 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.2931
Scope and Contents

The scrapbook contains specimens chiefly of the nineteenth century, including many illustrating the work of the deaf, preceded by a note by Miss Hipkins. Also two crayon portraits by John A Hipkins (pages 60-62); an address given by him on the achievements of the deaf in France (page 71); an original letter of Abbe Sicard (page 79 b); original studies of animals by Walter Geikie (page 84); and original paintings by Frank Maguire (page 90).

Dates: Late 19th century-early 20th century.

Collection of sketches, etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings by James Nasmyth, and his family., 1796-1885, undated.

 File
Identifier: MSS.3241-3242
Scope and Contents The sketches etc. by James Nasmyth form an almost continuous series of illustrations to his published autobiography, and include: a sketch of Sir Walter Scott, dated 1823 (number 34); sketches of different parts of England and Scotland and of Naples, Nürnberg, Pisa, Venice, etc., all visited between the years 1829 and 1843; drawings and photographs of lunar phenomena, 1847, undated; early drafts of imaginative pictures; experiments in etching, oil-painting, and other methods; and drawings...
Dates: 1796-1885, undated.

Collection of sketches, etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings by James Nasmyth, and his family., 1796-1838.

 File
Identifier: MS.3241
Scope and Contents From the File: The sketches etc. by James Nasmyth form an almost continuous series of illustrations to his published autobiography, and include: a sketch of Sir Walter Scott, dated 1823 (number 34); sketches of different parts of England and Scotland and of Naples, Nürnberg, Pisa, Venice, etc., all visited between the years 1829 and 1843; drawings and photographs of lunar phenomena, 1847, undated; early drafts of imaginative pictures; experiments in etching, oil-painting, and other methods; and drawings...
Dates: 1796-1838.

'Disegni ad illustrazione della Divina Commedia, di Dante Alighieri...' being a collection of prints, drawings, etc., archaeological, topographical, and heraldic, formed by Elizabeth Macleod of Cadboll., 1842-1848.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2168-2172
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.

Dates: 1842-1848.

List of paintings in exhibitions., 1937-1985.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9484/11
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

With documents, 1782-1930, concerning his family.

Dates: 1937-1985.

Painting of the Krishna Avatar by Kapur Singh., [Circa 1865.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.16490
Scope and Contents

The painting is one of a series depicting the incarnations of Vishnu by a Sikh artist from Amritsar working for Colonel August C Honner. It shows Vasudeva carrying the infant Krishna across the river Yamuna.

Dates: [Circa 1865.]

Paintings of the armorial bearings of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun., 1825.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.14669
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.

Dates: 1825.

Papers of the Saltire Society relating to exhibitions, including minutes, correspondence, photographs and artwork., 1945-1987, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9393/605-637
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Records of the Saltire Society including minutes, reports and correspondence. The Society's aims are the strengthening and preservation of Scottish culture and tradition, and its archives reflect its numerous activities in these fields.

Dates: 1945-1987, undated.