Sketches.
Found in 343 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous notes concerning English heraldry, dealing chiefly with the ceremonial, with some on historical matters.
At the end, on two sheets bound into the volume (folios 182-183), are sketches of coats of arms in trick, including, among others, those of the Heptarchy and of the three English Kings of Arms, Garter, Clarenceux, and Norroy. With the sketches are notes about the disposition of the shields on a building which may have been the old College of Arms.
Miscellaneous notes, sketches, plans and photographs., 1897-1909, undated.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Miscellaneous notes, chiefly on sociology and symbolism, 1908-1909, undated (folio 1);
(ii) Sketches and plans, 1897-1902, undated, including a series of plans of the High Street area of Edinburgh (folio 75);
(iii) Photographs of Baalbek and other archaeological sites, undated (folio 98).
Miscellaneous papers., 1891-1940, undated.
Miscellaneous papers chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott regarding historical and other matters, not Scottish., 1745-1832.
The papers include a copy of a letter of Adam Ferguson (afterwards Professor) from Vilvoorde Camp, 1745 (folio 25); an account of the Sepoy mutiny at Vellore of 1806, by an eyewitness (folio 97); notes on Rhodes ‘to save Sir Walter the trouble of looking out for information’, with sketches, by Sir William Gell, 1832 (folio 147); and notes on Indian manners supplied by Colonel James Ferguson for the “Surgeon’s daughter” [?1827] (folio 165).
Miscellaneous papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan., 1911-1952, 1958.
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous printed papers, various dates, relating to the Faculty, Advocates' Library and the National Library; several are duplicated in MSS.25260-25273 (folio 1); (ii) A sketch, reproduced on a small card, and a photograph, 1958, of Moon Hall, Ewhurst, the Surrey home of Lord and Lady Macmillan (folio 55).
Miscellaneous papers of Margery Clinton, containing notes, sketches, art work and printing block., 1992-1994, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Rose Ethel Bassin, chiefly typescript relating to Gaelic concerts, plays and other writing., 1929-1952.
Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Wilkie, including engravings and exhibition catalogues., Early 19th century.
Miscellaneous papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., ?19th century-20th century.
Miscellaneous papers of the Andersons of St. Germains., 1792-mid 20th century, undated.
Miscellaneous purchases.
Miscellaneous sketches and rubbings by William Skeoch Cumming., 1908-1909, undated.
Most of the material is undated and fragmentary in nature. Rough sketches, notes taken from printed books, addresses, accounts, and descriptions of portraits and uniforms are scattered throughout.
Miscellaneous watercolours and sketches of the Faculty of Advocates., ?19th century-?20th century.
Mounted sketches and photographs used in an exhibition in the National Library of Scotland., 1987.
Includes diaries and photographs.
Mounted sketches and photographs used in an exhibition in the National Library of Scotland., 1987.
Includes diaries and photographs.
Mounted sketches and photographs used in an exhibition in the National Library of Scotland., 1987.
Includes diaries and photographs.
Music book of Elizabeth D Borthwick containing Scottish songs and extracts from various operas., 1845.
A few rough sketches and doodles appear throughout the volume.
Notebook containing a record of the campaigns of the 1st Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards in the Crimea.
The contents are compiled from official and other documents, and consist of: rolls of service of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who went to the Crimea; rolls of promotions, honours, and awards;
detailed returns of the state and strength of the battalion, including medical reports; a journal of the campaigns and battles in which the battalion took part.
The notebook is illustrated with occasional sketches, ink and watercolour, and with two military poems.
Notebook of Alexander Keith of Ravelston (died 1751), containing chiefly legal styles with some verse and sketches., 1686-1702.
Notebook of Charles Hutcheson, Glasgow, a friend of Thomas Chalmers., 1820-1848.
Notebook of J B S Haldane containing notes and sketches from lectures on zoology by E S Goodrich which Haldane attended as a supplement to his mathematical studies at New College, Oxford., 1911-1912.
In many of the notebooks, leaves left blank after the original use were reused later and most are written on the rectors only, the versos being used for additions and corrections, and occasionally for other unrelated writings and calculations. A few papers are in French.