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:
"Memorandum concerning the disposal of Lady Charlotte Erskine's Estate", and other papers., 1785-1786, 1812.
File
Identifier: MS.3626
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
"Memorandum concerning the disposal of Lady Charlotte Erskine's Estate", 1786;
Sketch plan of land in Redgorton parish, 1785;
Copy of a letter of the Honourable Charles M Cathcart, 1812, the original of which is in MS.3610.
Dates:
1785-1786, 1812.
Microfilm of album, ?1780-?1782, of sketches of figures and scenes in the Peninsula and France, by Mrs Mary Graham; and, journal, July-August 1792, of Thomas Graham, of his return journey through France after the death of Mrs Graham.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1346-1347
Dates:
?1780-1792.
Microfilm of eight ledgers of Alasdair Gray, containing work notes for stories, poems, plays, and his last novel, with draft of letters and many diary entries.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2061-2062
Dates:
1945-2008.
Microfilm of four ledgers of Alasdair Gray., 1973-2008.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2061
Microfilm of grangerized copy of 'Reliques of Robert Burns' by R H Cromek, 4th edition, (London, 1817), with correspondence of Cadell and Davies, James Currie, John McCreery, Gilbert Burns, R H Cromek, William Roscoe, and others., [1805-1819.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1020
Microfilm of journal kept by David Livingston from August 1862 to February 1863, describing the ascent of the rivers Rovuma and Shire, with accounts of the country and people passed; illustrated with diagrams and sketches.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.55
Dates:
1862-1863.
Microfilm of Journal of John Dunlop, younger brother of Alexander Graham Dunlop.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.547
Dates:
1845-1846.
Microfilm of manuscripts of three Middle-English texts: 'Liber maundevyle'; the poem 'Sir Cleges'; and, 'De regimine principum' by Thomas Hoccleve.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.238
Dates:
15th century.
Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Augustus Grant.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.556-558
Dates:
[?1765]-1918.
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1724-1733
Dates:
[?1856-?1972.]
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk from the National Library of Scotland. Reel 6. Diaries, notebooks, photographs and sketches., [?1858-?1964.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1729
Microfilm of portrait sketches by Sir David Wilkie on the fly-leaves of his Bible.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.909
Dates:
1799.
Microfilm of sketches, maps, and various other papers of, or concerning, James Augustus Grant., 1850-[1872, or after].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.557
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Album of sketches, 1860-1863, chiefly watercolour, some pencil or pen and ink, of James Augustus Grant, made on his African expedition with John Hanning Speke. (MS.17919);Album of sketches, 1860-1863, chiefly watercolour, some pencil or pen and ink, and lithographs of James Augustus Grant, made on his African expedition with John Hanning Speke (MS.17920);Unmounted sketches, 1860-1863, of James Augustus Grant, made on his African expedition...
Dates:
1850-[1872, or after].
Microfilms of the ‘Earnock manuscripts’ containing correspondence and papers, chiefly concerning the publication of James Currie’s 'Works of Robert Burns, with an account of his life', 1st-8th editions.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1019-1020
Dates:
[1797-1819.]
Minutes of the Fraternal society., 1773.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/130
Scope and Contents
Society was established by George Abercromby, John Stuart, John Sinclair, Archibald Campbell and Laurence Craigie, in 1773. Includes a pencil sketch by John Leslie. Mostly blank
Dates:
1773.
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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Papers of Sir John Stuart.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir John Stuart.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of and concerning Margaret Oliphant., 1754-1921, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23211
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of:
(i) letters of various friends and contemporaries of Margaret Oliphant, 1844-1868, undated (folio 1);
(ii) letters to Janet M Oliphant 1895-1921, undated (folio 19);
(iii) memorandum of agreement with Henry Colburn 1849 and death certificate 1897 of Mrs Oliphant (folio 46);
(iv) photographs and other depictions of Margaret Oliphant and her family and other subjects 1851, 1874, undated (folio 50);
(v) excerpts in Janet M Oliphant's hand of Margaret Oliphant's...
Dates:
1754-1921, undated.
Miscellaneous drawings, 1838-1854, undated, by James Nasmyth; three etchings, undated, ascribed to Waterloo; and two photographs, undated, of Nasmyth's telescope., 1838-1854, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3243
Dates:
1838-1854, undated.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, including that of William Forbes Skene.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.15
Dates:
19th century.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1808, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11724
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Excerpt of a letter, 15 December 1807, concerning the breaching of forts (folio 1);
(ii) Letter of Richard Jeffreys, Chaplain, Fort William, 1808, with enclosed papers concerning the Military Officers' Widows' Fund (folio 5);
(iii) Memorandum by Francis Hamilton Buchanan, Bengal Medical Service, circa 1808, concerning the teak forests of Malabar (folio 15). See also MS.11721, folio 158.
(iv) Two letters of John Scott at Rangoon, 1807-1808, concerning timber...
Dates:
1807-1808, undated.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Bannatyne Club, chiefly relating to club publications., 1820-1837, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9356
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1835, between Robert Pitcairn, Thomas Thomson and David Laing, on the publication by Pitcairn of ‘Memorials of transactions in Scotland’ by Richard Bannatyne. (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript drafts, with minor corrections, of parts of ‘Davidis Buchanani de scriptoribus Scotis’. The manuscript folios 24-38 equal the printed pages 17-28, and folios 40-66 equal pages 31-39. (Folios 24.)(iii) 'Articles agt. Mr...
Dates:
1820-1837, undated.
Miscellaneous military papers of Thomas Graham., 1794-1843.
File
Identifier: MS.16197
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) An ink and wash sketch map probably showing positions of Austrian and French forces in the Isonzo valley of North Italy near Gorlzia during the Austrian retreat from Napoleon's Armée d'Italie in the spring of 1797 (folio 1);
(ii) An ink sketch, undated, but circa 1798, of the coastal area behind Aboukir [Abu Qîr] Bay near Alexandria, Egypt, (folio 2);
(ill) Extract of a letter, 7 Mar, 1811, of Captain William Milne, at Isla de Leon, near Cadiz describing the...
Dates:
1794-1843.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
Miscellaneous notebook, undated, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Frederick Oliver, with lists of mountaineering equipment and provisions, timetables, accounts, addresses, and sketches., [1921-1944.]
Item
Identifier: MS.24671
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates:
[1921-1944.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
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Papers of and concerning Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver.
Miscellaneous notes and papers of Arthur Murray collected at different times, consisting of passports, 1909-1919, a few sketches and some printed items relating to his military service in the Great War, articles on topics connected with the work of the Diplomatic Mission to the U.S.A., and articles and notes concerning British political life during the period 1920 to 1960., [1909-?1962.]
File
Identifier: MS.8817
Dates:
[1909-?1962.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank.
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Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951.
Miscellaneous notes, articles, financial records and other papers., 1801-1986, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9533/306-337
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Sir George participated in three major botanical expeditions (to South Africa, 1927-8, East Africa, 1934-5, and Tibet and Bhutan, 1938) which are illustrated in letters, photographs and diaries.Correspondence of special interest includes letters from botanical explorers Frank and Jean Kingdon Ward, George and Betty Sherriff and Frank Ludlow (mostly from Burma, Tibet and Bhutan) and from King Gustav of Sweden and Stanley Smith (the latter discussing the possible foundation of a...
Dates:
1801-1986, undated.