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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 266 Collections and/or Records:

Papers relating to 'The weeks before my wedding' by Dorothy Millard, containing miscellaneous typescripts, pencil sketch and corrected typescripts., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12135/2
Scope and Contents

Containing corrected typescript of chapter one, typescripts of chapters 4-6, and early draft of corrected typescript.

Dates: Undated.

Pencil sketches and several early watercolours of A E Borthwick, 1888, undated, with a number of pencil sketches of Robert Gibb, 1870-1876, 1895-1906, undated, chiefly of Scottish scenery., 1870-1906, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10470
Scope and Contents

There are also some notes and a little correspondence, 1880-1883, concerning Robert Gibb's painting 'The thin red line', executed in 1881. The remainder of the sketches, chiefly undated, include early caricatures and a sketch by Lady Polwarth (folios 107-108).

Dates: 1870-1906, undated.

Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends., Circa 1900-1982.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.8695/1-117
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: Circa 1900-1982.

Photographs and sketches by John Kirk., 1843-1915, circa 1964, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/39-48
Scope and Contents

Items 39 and 45 not received by the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1843-1915, circa 1964, undated.

Photographs of Gavin Maxwell, mostly black and white, containing a colour photograph and a sketch., Undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10555/68-71
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of published works, including 'Ring of bright water' and 'The rocks remain', and photographs, drawings and notes, together with literary, business and personal correspondence.

With business records of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises, including correspondence and accounts.

Dates: Undated.

Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in England and overseas beginning with L., 1743-1916, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MS.5875
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

Dates: 1743-1916, undated.

Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with A., 1661-1905.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.5844 (1)-(152)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

Dates: 1661-1905.

Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with B., 1772-19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.5845 (1)-(111)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

Dates: 1772-19th century.

Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with C., 19th century-1936.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.5846 (1)-(145)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

Dates: 19th century-1936.

Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with D., 1795-19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.5847 (1)-(114)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

Dates: 1795-19th century.

Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with Ea-Edinburgh, Leith, Water of., 1709-1927.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.5848 (1)-(104)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

Dates: 1709-1927.

Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with K., 19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.5854
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

Dates: 19th century.

Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with L., 19th century-1908.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.5855
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

Dates: 19th century-1908.

Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with S., 19th century-1st half of 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.5862
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

Dates: 19th century-1st half of 20th century.

Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with W-Z., 19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.5864
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

Dates: 19th century.

Plans, photographs and drawings of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell., 18th century-19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.5009 (1 of 3)
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Mure of Caldwell papers are chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some of the earlier papers belonged to the Mures of Glanderston, the two families having been united in 1710 by the succession of William, 4th Laird of Glanderston, to the Caldwell estates.

Dates: 18th century-19th century.

Plans, sketches and literary manuscripts belonging to Sir Robert Liston., Late 18th century-19th century.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.5713-5721A
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: After serving his apprenticeship as Secretary and Chargé d'Affaires at the courts of Munich, Ratisbon, Berlin, Turin and Madrid, Robert Liston was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid in 1784.After leaving Madrid he was the British Representative at Stockholm, Constantinople, Washington, The Hague, and again at Constantinople.Within each regional section there are two main categories, official and personal. The first contains documents, with instructions or...
Dates: Late 18th century-19th century.

‘Poems’ by Allan Ramsay, volume 1 (Edinburgh, 1721), with, inserted at the front, a manuscript of two poems in Ramsay's hand, and two pen sketches of heads., 1721, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.9749
Scope and Contents

Tipped in to page 269 is a press cutting (folio 2) concerning the song ‘Polwart on the green’. On page xxviii is a contemporary note of the numbers of subscribers to the ‘Poems’.

Dates: 1721, undated.

Poems, verse and music of Moultrie R Kelsall., 1923-1941, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.7716/152-154
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including scripts of plays, short stories, articles, talks, broadcast scripts of radio and television documentaries, and associated correspondence.

Dates: 1923-1941, undated.