Photographs.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Refers to still images produced from radiation-sensitive materials (sensitive to light, electron beams, or nuclear radiation), generally by means of the chemical action of light on a sensitive film, paper, glass, or metal. (AAT) This heading was used in the NLS typescript manuscripts catalogue for all types of photographs, and for documents relating to photography. (NLS).
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of James Nasmyth to John Murray III; with letters of several correspondents to John Murray III concerning Nasmyth. Also included are various illustrations relating to works by Nasmyth., 1873-1891.
File
Identifier: MS.42502
Scope and Contents
Illustrations :
(1) illustration in ink, 1882, by Nasmyth of his steam hammer. The illustration was used as the cover design to Nasmyth`s autobiography;
(2) engraved portrait, ? 1883, of Nasmyth which formed the frontispiece to Nasmyth`s autobiography.
Dates:
1873-1891.
Letters of, to and concerning James Nasmyth., 1861-1891.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42502-42504
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1861-1891.
Papers of and concerning James Nasmyth., 1861-2002.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42502-42506
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1861-2002.