Sketchbooks.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books or pads of blank sheets used or intended for sketching, which are informal or rough drawings.
Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:
Packet of loose sketches., Mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/341
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Forbes Family sketch books.
Papers of and relating to the artists Beatrice Huntington and William MacDonald.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14369/1-39
Scope and Contents
Beatrice Huntington was born in 1889 in St. Andrews to Dr William Huntington, surgeon, and Charlotte Huntington, née Bowles, daughter of Joseph Bowles of Quebec City. She was educated in St Andrews before attending art schools in Paris and Munich between 1906-1911. She began exhibiting in 1916 and became an active member of the Dundee Art Society and the Society of Scottish Artists. Influenced by Modernist art styles, she experimented with Cubism in her portraits, including 'A Muleteer from...
Dates:
1864-2015.
Pencil sketchbook of A E Borthwick containing rough studies of landscapes and buildings., Early 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.10472
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Photocopies of items of David Livingstone belonging to his grandson Dr H F Wilson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10757-10765
Dates:
1854-1873.
Photocopy of sketchbook of David Livingstone containing pencil and watercolour drawings of people, animals, birds, and scenes., 1860.
Item
Identifier: MS.10760
Scrapbooks of Katy Horseman, potter, also containing sketch books, leaf and flower pressings, and handmade cards., 1949-1990s, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11787/10-21
Dates:
1949-1990s, undated.
Sketch-book, inscribed 'Present from Eliza, 1826', containing chiefly copies of sketches in MS.2863, with views of Elgin and Linlithgow., 1826.
Item
Identifier: MS.2865
Dates:
1826.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, with those of other members of his family, residing at Linkwood, Elgin.
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Sketch-books of Major-General John Brown, chiefly containing landscapes.
Sketch-book of Hannah C Scott-Kerr, then Lady Scott-Douglas., 1827-1831.
Item
Identifier: MS.8110
Scope and Contents
The sketch-book contains are a few drawings of Springwood Park and some of scenes in England, France, Belgium, and the Channel Islands.
Dates:
1827-1831.
Sketch-book of John Stuart Blackie, Italy., 1831.
Item
Identifier: MS.2657
Sketch-book of Lady Bridget Elliot., 1932.
Item
Identifier: MS.12808
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot Murray Kynynmound was styled Viscount Melgund from 1891 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1914; and Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot Murray Kynynmound was styled Viscount Melgund from 1928 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1975.
Dates:
1932.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot Murray Kynymound (1891-1975), 5th Earl of Minto, and of Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot Murray Knynmound (born 1928), 6th Earl of Minto.
Sketch-book of Major-General John Brown, chiefly containing landscapes of Ireland., 1800, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.2863
Scope and Contents
A view of Cork harbour, dated 17 August 1800, shows transports about to sail for Egypt with the Coldstream and 3rd Guards (folio 34).
Dates:
1800, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, with those of other members of his family, residing at Linkwood, Elgin.
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Sketch-books of Major-General John Brown, chiefly containing landscapes.
Sketch book of Major-General John Brown, containing drawings in pen, pencil and watercolour of buildings and landscapes in Scotland and Ireland.
Item
Identifier: MS.8026
Scope and Contents
The artist made most of his sketches in August and September 1791, when he travelled from Elgin to Fort Augustus, Aviemore, and Cullen. There are also sketches of Edinburgh and of a few scenes in Ireland, and architectural drawings with measurements, mostly of Elgin Cathedral.
Dates:
1784-1792.
Sketch book of Rob Fairley, 'Kathmandu: being a brief history of a walk from Nag Pokhari to Pushputinath on the first night of Diwali 1997'., 1997.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 38(1)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Also included is a sketch book of Rob Fairley, 'Kathmandu: being a brief history of a walk from Nag Pokhari to Pushputinath on the first night of Diwali 1997'; and a printed catalogue, 'Rob Fairley: the early works'. The box lid is covered on the outside in the remnants of a purple, synthetic waterproof jacket. The rest of the outside of the box is covered in green fabric. The box is lined with a map showing the isles of Rhum (in part) and Eigg, and part of Arisaig.
Dates:
1997.
Sketch-book of the architect J D Wyatt, containing sketches from Surrey, Northampton, Warwick, Leicester, Gloucester, Lincoln, and Rutland, , 1845-1846, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.2115
Scope and Contents
Also included is a letter, undated, of J D Wyatt to J T Irvine (folio i).
Dates:
1845-1846, undated.
Sketch-book of the architect J D Wyatt, containing sketches from Wiltshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Sussex, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, and London., 1845-1850, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.2116
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The sketches are chiefly of details of ecclesiastical architecture and furnishings.
Dates:
1845-1850, undated.
Sketch-book, undated, of Lady Willa Elliot., Early 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.12809
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot Murray Kynynmound was styled Viscount Melgund from 1891 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1914; and Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot Murray Kynynmound was styled Viscount Melgund from 1928 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1975.
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot Murray Kynymound (1891-1975), 5th Earl of Minto, and of Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot Murray Knynmound (born 1928), 6th Earl of Minto.
Sketch-book, undated, of Major-General John Brown, chiefly containing landscapes of the South of England, and other subjects., [Circa 1800.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2864
Dates:
[Circa 1800.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, with those of other members of his family, residing at Linkwood, Elgin.
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Sketch-books of Major-General John Brown, chiefly containing landscapes.
Sketch-books of Major-General John Brown, chiefly containing landscapes., 1800, 1826, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2863-2865
Sketch-books of the architect J D Wyatt., 1845-1850, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2115-2116
Scope and Contents
The sketches are chiefly of details of ecclesiastical architecture and furnishings.
Dates:
1845-1850, undated.
Sketchbook., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.10967
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
19th century.
Sketchbook containing drawings in pencil and water-colour of scenes in the Allied camp during the Crimean campaign, 1854-1856.
Item
Identifier: MS.9489
Scope and Contents
The sketchbook also includes two sketches of officers at a court martial in 1850 (folio 29) and a plan of a battery near Sebastopol, 1855-1856 (folio 31 verso).
Dates:
1850-1856.
Sketchbook containing drawings pasted in., 1846-1863, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.15171
Scope and Contents
A number of leaves have been cut out at the front of the volume, and single leaves have been cut out at various places throughout.
Dates:
1846-1863, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Collections of drawings consisting chiefly of watercolour and pencil sketches.
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Collections of drawings by Katherine Jane Ellice.
Sketchbook containing miscellaneous watercolours., 1827.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/350
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Forbes Family sketch books.
Sketchbook containing miscellaneous watercolours., 1827.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/351
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
/
Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Forbes Family sketch books.
Sketchbook containing, pasted in, small sketches, chiefly undated, by Marion Coleman, and a few apparently by Karl Cauer, depicting continental politicians and nobles and members of their families., [?1850]-[?1860.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15175
Scope and Contents
Except one sketch, dated 1858, all are undated, but were no doubt drawn between 1850 and 1860. The leaves are watermarked 1851.
Dates:
[?1850]-[?1860.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Collections of drawings consisting chiefly of watercolour and pencil sketches.