Sketches.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Rough or summary art works; less finished than studies. Though sketches are often in the drawing medium, the term ""drawings"" in general implies more finished works than does ""sketches"" .
Found in 343 Collections and/or Records:
'Journey in Scotland, with sketches of some picturesque ruins in that interesting country', being an account of a tour made by James Bailey, Otley, Yorkshire., 1787.
Item
Identifier: MS.3295
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The writer set out to follow the route taken by Dr Johnson and to write a similar narrative to his ‘Journey to the Western Islands’. He describes Scotland and its people, noting particularly what is strange to an Englishman, relates his personal experiences, and tells many historical anecdotes and legends, some of which he declares to be new to him. The journal is illustrated with images copied from Adam De Cardonnel’s "Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland".
Dates:
1787.
'Journey in Scotland, with sketches of some picturesque ruins in that interesting country', being an account of a tour made by James Bailey, Otley, Yorkshire, from July to September 1787.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3294-3295
Scope and Contents
The writer set out to follow the route taken by Dr Johnson and to write a similar narrative to his ‘Journey to the Western Islands’. He describes Scotland and its people, noting particularly what is strange to an Englishman, relates his personal experiences, and tells many historical anecdotes and legends, some of which he declares to be new to him. The journal is illustrated with images copied from Adam De Cardonnel’s "Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland".
Dates:
1787.
ketches by John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, on: Lord William Percy; Chay Blyth, Crimean War; Sir George Binney (incomplete); Stewart Anderson, and ‘Aspects of poetry’., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.11628/279
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir.
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Papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, relating to publications mostly by him, containing reviews, manuscripts, typescripts, letters and other material.
Leaves torn out of sketchbooks of Sir Frank Mears., 1905, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10670
Scope and Contents
As well as sketches of ornament and detail as in MSS.10658-10669, there are drawings of birds and animals.
Dates:
1905, undated.
Lee. Sketch plan of drains. Parish of Lanark., 1900.
Item
Identifier: MS.27753
Legal, financial and other papers concerning James Augustus Grant., 1827-1913, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17933
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Papers concerning James Augustus Grant's service in India, 1853-1884, undated, supplementary to MS.17908, folios 50-108, including a list of property lost during the Mutiny and general statements of his service (folio 1);
(ii) Papers concerning Africa, undated, supplementary to MS.17922, including a list of the contents of John Hanning Speke's cases at Zanzibar and a copy of an agreement between Alexander Low Bruce and James Augustus Grant junior concerning...
Dates:
1827-1913, undated.
Letters and journals sent to Lady Anna Maria Elliot., 1807-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.11102
Scope and Contents
The journals contain pencil and pen and watercolour sketches, and some verses, and were sent by Captain (later Major-General Sir) Thomas William Taylor, Military Secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto in India, to Lady Anna Maria Elliot. They describe the journey of the Minto party to India, their life and travel there, the voyage in the invasion fleet to Java via Penang and Malacca, the British conquest and occupation of the Dutch colonies, and life in Java.
Dates:
1807-1811.
Letters and papers of various correspondents., 1579-1844.
File
Identifier: MS.3134
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous letters. Among the writers are:
The Earl of Mar, to Sir George Bowes, Marshal of Berwick, 1579 (number 1);
Edward Kellie, Receiver and Director of Music of the Chapel Royal, on arrangements made by him for services in Holyrood, 1632 (number 3); printed in Charles Rogers, ‘History of the Chapel Royal of Scotland’ (Grampian Club, 1882), page clxvi;
Nicolas Briot, making recommendations regarding the copper coinage of Scotland, 1631...
Dates:
1579-1844.
Letters collected by Allan Paton Park., 1799-1903, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3218
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters of R B Sheridan, undated (folio 1);(ii) Letters of Alexander Wilson, the ornithologist, to Charles Orr, 1799-1802, undated, with a silhouette of Wilson; most of the letters are published in A P Paton, ‘Wilson the Ornithologist’ (London, 1863) (folio 4);(iii) Lord Byron's family: bills of his mother, 1803, and of the poet himself, 1811, and letters of his daughter, 1839, and wife, 1844 (folio 33);(iv)...
Dates:
1799-1903, undated.
Letters of George Richardson and of Sir David Wilkie.
File
Identifier: MS.3812
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Two letters of George Richardson to Archbald Shiells, Inveresk, written from Rome, 1761-1762. Richardson, who complains of the harshness of Mr Adam, his master, is evidently the apprentice George who was with James Adam in Italy during those years, and may be the architect, author of the ‘New Vitruvius Britannicus’ (London, 1802-1808) - see John Swarbrick, ‘Robert Adam and his brothers’ (London, [1916]), pages 94, 142. Shiells was a patron of...
Dates:
1761-1762, 1827-1835.
Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray II., 1813-1815, 1911.
File
Identifier: MS.43466
Scope and Contents
A letter relating to the letters of Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray [II] has been placed at the start of the sequence. The rest of the letters have been arranged chronologically. Some of the letters were dated with reference to the website of Professor Paul Douglass, ‘Caro: the Caroline Lamb website’.When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, included a letter, provisionally dated 1815, of Lady Caroline to John Murray [II]. ...
Dates:
1813-1815, 1911.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters of and to Lady Caroline Lamb, with some of William Lamb and George Lamb.
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Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray II.
Letters of, to and concerning David Octavius Hill.
File
Identifier: MS.23636
Scope and Contents
Among the subjects covered are Hill`s role in the Royal Scottish Academy, developments in photography, and his role in producing `The Land of Burns`.Also included is the Diploma admitting Hill as ordinary fellow to the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts.Includes letters between Ian H Macdonald and Katherine Michaelson relating to the use of the letters for an exhibition, and an inventory of all items contained in the file.Five Letters of Ian H Macdonald to...
Dates:
1828-1899.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Honan to Hook, T., 1815-1918.
File
Identifier: MS.40570
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Honan, Michael Burke.Letter, 1838, of Michael Burke Honan to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Hone, William.Letter, 1830, of William Hone to John Murray II. Folios 3-4.Honegger, Hans.Letter, 1911, of Hans Honegger to John Murray IV. Folios 5-8.Folios 7-8. Circular, 1911, for an appeal for members for the International Order...
Dates:
1815-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Hutchinson, J. to Hutchison., 1825-1909.
File
Identifier: MS.40595
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hutchinson, John.Letters, 1827-1828, of John Hutchinson to John Murray II. Folios 1-6.Hutchinson, Julius.Letter, 1827, of Julius Hutchinson to John Murray II. Folios 7-10.Hutchinson, May Hely.Letters, 1900-1902 and 1909, of May Hely Hutchinson to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 11-40....
Dates:
1825-1909.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from King, H. to King, R., 1820-1925.
File
Identifier: MS.40650
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.King, Harriet.Letters, 1820 and 1826, of Harriet King to John Murray II. Folios 1-4.King, Harriet Eleanor Hamilton.Letter, 1911, of Harriet Eleanor Hamilton King to John Murray IV. Folios 5-6.King, Henry George Lenton.Letters, 1923 and 1925, of Henry George Lenton King to John Murray IV. Folios 7-11.King, Henry...
Dates:
1820-1925.
Letters to Lieutenant-General Sir John Macleod, and an instruction-book of his son Charles.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15381-15382
Dates:
1801-1815.
Manuscript from Perth Academy containing material on hydrostatics, pneumatics and optics., 1787.
Item
Identifier: MS.14296
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
All three volumes are illustrated with pen and wash diagrams and sketches.
MS.14296 is initialled ‘I M’ by the compiler (folio 91).
Dates:
1787.
Manuscript from Perth Academy containing notes and exercises on astronomy., 1783, 1786-1787.
Item
Identifier: MS.14295
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
All three volumes are illustrated with pen and wash diagrams and sketches.
MS.14296 is initialled ‘I M’ by the compiler (folio 91).
Dates:
1783, 1786-1787.
Manuscript from Perth Academy containing notes and exercises on spherical geometry and trigonometry, and algebra., 1787.
Item
Identifier: MS.14294
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
All three volumes are illustrated with pen and wash diagrams and sketches.
MS.14296 is initialled ‘I M’ by the compiler (folio 91).
Dates:
1787.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10217-10241
Dates:
1657-1919.
Manuscript of the English text of the `Atlas Scoticus, or Description of Scotland ancient and modern` by Sir Robert Sibbald; with maps.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.15.1.1-15.1.1a
Dates:
1595-[Circa 1682.]
Manuscripts from Perth Academy containing notes and exercises in mathematics, astronomy and physics.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14294-14296
Scope and Contents
All three volumes are illustrated with pen and wash diagrams and sketches.
MS.14296 is initialled ‘I M’ by the compiler (folio 91).
Dates:
1783, 1786-1787.
Maps originally inserted in Adv.MS.15.1.1: Manuscript of the English text of the 'Atlas Scoticus, or Description of Scotland ancient and modern' by Sir Robert Sibbald., 1595-[Circa 1682].
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.1a
Scope and Contents
List of maps originally inserted in Adv.MS.15.1.1.Folios 6-7. Printed map: ‘Britannicarum insularum typus’ (Abraham Ortelius, 1595).Folios 8-9. Printed map: ‘Insulæ Albion et Hibernia cum minoribus adjacentibus’.Folios 10-11. Printed map: ‘Scotia regnum’.Folios 12-13. Printed map: ‘Scotia regnum cum insulis adjacentibus’ (Robert Gordon of Straloch).Folios 20-21. Printed map: ‘Scotiæ provintiæ inter Taum fluvium et septentrionales...
Dates:
1595-[Circa 1682].
Material, chiefly genealogical, collected by John Philp Wood, chiefly leaves found loose in MSS.1872-1877., 1775-1814.
File
Identifier: MS.1878
Scope and Contents
Also included are: a State of Terregles Parish, 1776 (folio 24); a printed ‘Song for the Duddingston Curling Society’, 1817, with manuscript notes of the names of the persons mentioned (folio 26); and two leaves printed from John Philp Wood's biographies of the Presidents of the Court of Session (Adv.MS.37.2.1, pages 1-19), showing that he intended to publish them (folio 28).
Dates:
1775-1814.