Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1771-1832 - 1832
Found in 326 Collections and/or Records:
16 pencil drawings by Alexander Nasmyth for "Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley" (Edinburgh, 1821).
File
Identifier: Acc.11900
Dates:
circa 1821.
18 letters to the family of Bishop Brinkley of Cloyne, many of Maria Edgworth and her family.
File
Identifier: Acc.6931
Scope and Contents
Most containing references to Sir Walter Scott.
Dates:
1814-1839.
60 letters to Robert H Lundie and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8673
Scope and Contents
With copy of letter, 1809, of Sir Walter Scott to Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, enclosing a letter of James Thomson.
Dates:
1809, 1851-1909 and undated.
64 letters, 1899-1949 and undated, to John Purves, mostly on literary matters, from among others J M Barrie, John Davidson, Luigi Pirandello and Walter de la Mare.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7175
Scope and Contents
With literary and historical manuscripts, 1388, 1798-1911 and undated, collected by Purves, including single letters of D G Rossetti, John Ruskin, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth.
Also two albums, 1936-1952, of Purves, containing inscriptions in poetry and prose by various contributors.
Dates:
1388, 1798-1952.
89 funeral letters to the family of Scott of Raeburn.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7516
Scope and Contents
Including three letters of Sir Walter Scott.
Dates:
1771-1840.
Acts I and III of Henry M. Milner's play The Talisman.
File
Identifier: Acc.14094
Content Description
A later Victorian manuscript copy of Milner's stage adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, first performed at the Coburg Theatre on 11 July 1825.
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Album of sketches produced by the Coventry Sketching Club at `Mr N Troughton`s meeting`, when the subject for illustration was Sir Walter Scott`s "The Fortunes of Nigel".
Item
Identifier: Acc.12796
Dates:
1857.
Amended stanza from `The Field of Waterloo`, with Scott`s comments., ? 1815.
Item
Identifier: MS.23141, f 127
Dates:
? 1815.
Annotated draft of `the Pibroch of Donuil Dhu` of Walter Scott.
...
Identifier: Acc.13426
Dates:
1816
Approximately 120 letters of Sir Walter Scott to Archibald Constable, with related correspondence and transcripts of seventy further Scott-Constable letters.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.145- is now Acc.4880.
Dates:
1800-1827.
"Autograph Letters of Sir Walter Scott"
Item
Identifier: Acc.9430
Scope and Contents
Contains letters mainly to Charles Erskine and James Curle, with associated documents, all as described in printed index bound in.
Dates:
circa 1800-circa 1826.
Autograph manuscript of 'Halidon Hill' in the hand of Sir Walter Scott.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14622
Scope and Contents
Describes the battle of Homildon Hill fought in 1402 between Scottish and English forces.
Contains a letter, 31 May 1822, of Scott to James Ballantyne on receiving payment.
There are several pages of genealogical and historical context notes in the hands of members of the Swinton family who owned the manuscript and whose ancestors fought at the battle.
Dates:
1822; 1898-1932.
Autograph manuscript of "The Raid of Rittersford" by Walter Scott, later published with variations as "Jamie Telfer of the Fair Donhead" in "The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" (1802)
Item
Identifier: Acc.12712
Dates:
1796.
Bond signed by Sir Walter Scott, Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell in favour of George Home Falconer and James Hay.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9350
Dates:
1819.
Broadcast script of Stewart Conn for a BBC radio programme, "The Author of Waverley".
Item
Identifier: Acc.5365
Dates:
1971.
Burgess ticket of Edinburgh in favour of Sir Walter Scott.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9721
Scope and Contents
Given in recognition of Scott`s poetical talents.
Dates:
1813.
Business records of A & C Black relating to the works of Sir Walter Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9765
Scope and Contents
Concerning the publication of the works of Sir Walter Scott, the copyrights of the Waverley Novels and to the Centenary celebrations of 1871 and 1932.
Dates:
circa 1849-1932.
Circa 100 letters to David Wilkie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7972
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Sir Walter Scott and David Roberts.
Dates:
1806-1839.
Commission by Sir Walter Scott to Alexander Christie to act as Interim Sheriff Depute of Berwickshire.
Item
Identifier: Dep.376
Dates:
1813.
Copies of letters to Walter Scott and James Ballantyne., 1816.
Item
Identifier: MS.30001, folio 28
Copy letter and transcript of Sir Walter Scott to William Muir, 10 October 1824
Item
Identifier: Acc.13366
Dates:
1824
Copy of letter to Samuel Warren., 1823.
Item
Identifier: MS.30002, folio 124
Copy of letter to Walter Scott., 1817.
Item
Identifier: MS.30001, folios 63-64
Copy of "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" (1805) by Walter Scott, with watercolour illustrations by Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12373
Dates:
circa 1805.
Additional filters:
- Type
- Browse Resources 177
- Archival Object 149
- Subject
- Letters. Correspondence. 118
- Photocopies. 31
- Correspondence. 28
- Notes. 17
- Manuscripts. 14
- Copies. Derivative objects. 11
- Novels. 10
- Poetry. 8
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 5
- Abbotsford House (historic house). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. 4
- Accounts. 4
- Albums. 4
- Drawings. Visual works. 4
- Research notes 4
- Transcripts 4
- Typescripts. 4
- Bonds. Legal instruments. 3
- Drafts. Documents. 3
- Facsimiles. Reproductions. 3
- Illustrations. Layout features. 3
- Publications. 3
- Receipts. Financial records 3
- Sketches 3
- Annotations. 2
- Articles. 2
- Books 2
- Commissions. Permissions. 2
- Dissertations. 2
- Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 2
- Engravings. Prints. 2
- Excerpts. 2
- Fragments. 2
- Indexes. Reference sources. 2
- Journals. Accounts. 2
- Legal documents. 2
- Newspapers. 2
- Reports 2
- Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 2
- Scripts. Documents 2
- Watercolours. Paintings. 2
- Agreements. Legal instruments. 1
- Auction catalogues. 1
- Caricatures. 1
- Catalogues. 1
- Certificates 1
- Charters 1
- Circulars. Fliers. 1
- Commonplace books. 1
- Declarations. 1
- Drama. Literary genre. 1
- Dryburgh Abbey. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. Ruins. Longitude: -2.6667. Latitude: 55.5667. 1
- Envelopes. 1
- Fiction. 1
- Forgeries. Derivative objects. 1
- Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 1
- Genealogies. 1
- Genealogy. 1
- Glasgow. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Glasgow. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.2500. Latitude: 55.8833. 1
- Histories. 1
- India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 1
- Inscriptions. 1
- Interleaves. 1
- Invitations. 1
- Isle of Man. Europe - Isle of Man. Island. Longitude: -4.5000. Latitude: 54.2500. 1
- Labels. Identifying artifacts. 1
- Lake District. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region. 1
- London. Europe - United Kingdom - England - Greater London. Inhabited place. Longitude: -0.1667. Latitude: 51.5000. 1
- Marginalia. Annotations. 1
- Melrose Abbey. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. Ruins. Longitude: -2.7500. Latitude: 55.6167. 1
- Microfilms. 1
- Miniatures. Paintings. 1
- Northern England. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region. 1
- Notebooks. 1
- Orders. Records (documents). 1
- Pamphlets. 1
- Photographs. 1
- Prompt books. Scripts. 1
- Prose poems. 1
- Prospectuses 1
- Publishers and publishing. 1
- Registers (lists) 1
- Reviews. Document genre 1
- Sales catalogues. 1
- Scottish Borders. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. Region (geographic). 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Seals. Artifacts 1
- Selkirk. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. County. 1
- Songs. Musical compositions. 1
- Synopses. 1
- Transcriptions. Documents. 1
- Translations. Documents. 1
- Travel journals 1
- Trossachs. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Stirling. General region. 1 + ∧ less
∨ more