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Copies by Robert Mylne of diplomas and other documents, mostly conferring titles.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.34.6.2-34.6.3
Dates:
16th century-18th century.
Correspondence and papers of the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.10393-10491
Scope and Contents
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
1815-1967, undated.
Diplomas of Archibald Gordon.
File
Identifier: Acc.6311
Scope and Contents
With photographs of the Gordon pedigree.
Dates:
1832-1837.