Cartoons. Humourous images.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pictorial images using wit or satire to comment on such things as contemporary events, social habits, or political trends, usually executed in a broad or abbreviated manner.
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
14 cartoon posters produced for the Scottish National Party in the Galloway constituency in the October 1974 General Election.
File
Identifier: Acc.6679
Dates:
1974.
Album of letters, notes, accounts, parish records, printed notices, and political cartoons of Duncan Campbell, Minister of Moulin, and his son Duncan Campbell, Minister of St. Matthews, Edinburgh., 1805-1900, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.20403 [Manuscript]
Scope and Contents
Much of the album concerns personal and parochial matters, but the family corresponded widely, and writers include Duncan Forbes, the Orientalist, and the artist Erskine Nicol.
Dates:
1805-1900, undated.
Cartoon by John MacWilliam, entitled "Hughes' Tory roost", for 'Cencrastus' magazine., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.12644/21
Scope and Contents
The large cartoon shows Margaret Thatcher as a bird of prey. Possibly some reference to Ted Hughes’ acceptance of the Poet Laureateship in 1984.
Dates:
Undated.
Cartoons by C A Mackay, probably for the "People`s Journal".
File
Identifier: Acc.8301
Dates:
circa 1910.
Cartoons connected to Libraries, Books, and Bookshops., 1926-1987.
File
Identifier: Acc.13656/106
Scope and Contents
Collected by W.B. Paton.
Dates:
1926-1987.
Cartoons of Margo MacDonald., 1973-1977.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13638/36-37
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The papers reflect Margo MacDonald`s life as a politician and broadcaster. Although somewhat miscellaneous, they provide an insight into her relationship with the Scottish National Party leadership throughout her life, and into some of the causes she advocated during her life, including independence and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
Dates:
1973-1977.
Cartoons of or concerning William Winter Hamilton., Circa 1971-1985.
File
Identifier: Acc.10951/57
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.
Dates:
Circa 1971-1985.
Copies and originals of political cartoons, mostly concerning the Lib-Lab pact., 1976-1993.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13477/259-262
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates:
1976-1993.
Correspondence and papers of Dudley Sommer., 13 October 1960-1964, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20665 (2)
Scope and Contents
Following the correspondence are a number of undated notes and papers used in Dudley Sommer’s researches (folio 278) and proofs of photographs used as illustrations in the book (folio 331).
Dates:
13 October 1960-1964, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of Dudley W A Sommer concerning his researches towards, and the publication in May 1960 of, his ‘Haldane of Cloan his life and times 1856-1928’.
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Correspondence and papers of Dudley Sommers.
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Correspondence and papers of Dudley Sommer.
Diaries and personal papers of William Winter Hamilton., 1936-1992.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10951/1-57
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.
Dates:
1936-1992.
Document relating to the Edinburgh International Festival, with 'doodles' on verso by O.H. Mavor.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14036
Dates:
1950
Interleaved copy of Abraham Welling ‘Repetitio Institutionem Juris Civilis’ (Trajecta ad Rhenum, 1740), with notes and cartoons by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., Mid 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.25343
Scope and Contents
The volume is inscribed 'David Dalrymple'. There are some pages missing.
Dates:
Mid 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Official legal papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Legal works annotated by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Letters to George Smith from William M Thackeray and his daughters Anne, Lady Richmond Ritchie and Harriet Stephen., 1837-1865, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23177
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the envelopes in which they were posted, and the folders in which they were preserved by the firm, are present with the letters.
Dates:
1837-1865, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of George Smith (1824-1901), publisher, and founder of the Dictionary of National Biography, and his successors as heads of the firm of Smith, Elder and Company.
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Correspondence consisting chiefly of letters to George Smith and to members of the firm, to his wife Elizabeth, and to his son-in-law and successor as head of the firm Reginald J Smith.
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Letters and papers to George Smith from frequent correspondents.
Manuscript of 'The story of Henrietta Rhense' by William Black, with letters of and to Black., 19th century, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19650
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Manuscript of 'The story of Henrietta Rhense.' It is undated but must have been written between 1866 and 1872 when William Black was living in Catherine Terrace in London (folio 1);
(ii) Letters of William Black, 1877-1879, undated, to William Isbister and Donald Macleod, the publisher and editor of ‘Good Words’, concerning the serial publication and illustration of ‘Macleod of Dare’ (folio 8);
(iii) Letters, 1912, concerning MS.19644 and other books in...
Dates:
19th century, undated.
`Melange Ridicule`, commonplace book compiled by Rachel Duff
Item
Identifier: Acc.13543
Scope and Contents
Commonplace Book containing miscellaneous verse, riddles, letters and numerous pasted in cartoons, drawings and press cuttings. Printed items include prints from John Kay`s `Original Portraits`, 1839, a printed programme for the New Concert Hall, Canongate, 1754 and a copy of the `Edinburgh Evening Courant` for 24 September 1745 with an account of the Battle of Prestonpans.
Dates:
Undated, 19th century
Miscellaneous printed papers of and relating to Sir Charles Dalrymple., 1854-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.25663
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884.
Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates:
1854-1914.
Other press appearances relating to Ian Rankin., 2001-2017.
File
Identifier: MS.50585
Scope and Contents
Materials are arranged into two sequences: crosswords, and other. Crosswords published in periodicals with Ian Rankin or his character Rebus as an answer. Folios 1-42.Press cuttings are arranged alphabetically by periodical.‘Guardian’, 2010. Folio 1.
‘New York Times’, 2014. Folios 2-3.
‘New York Times Magazine’, 2017. Includes note from Little, Brown and Company, NY. Folios 4-40.
‘Telegraph’, 2014. Folio 41.
‘The Times’, 2005. Folio 42.Other...
Dates:
2001-2017.
Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)
Dates:
1900-1977, undated.
Papers of the 'Radical Scotland' Women's Group., 1986.
File
Identifier: Acc.13806/11
Scope and Contents
Minutes of three meetings of the 'Radical Scotland' Women's Group (January-February 1986), with accompanying annotated drafts of recruitment circular and ideas for feminist cartoons for the magazine.
Dates:
1986.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Dr Esther Breitenbach.
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Papers collected by Esther Breitenbach relating to women and gender in Scotland, and to her work as a feminist activist.
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Esther Breitenbach's issues of 'Radical Scotland' and papers of the 'Radical Scotland' Women's Group.
Printers block of 'E II R' cartoon (no.3, 1953), for 'Gairm' ., 1953.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/54
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1953.
Scrapbook chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices., 1903-1904.
Item
Identifier: MS.19559
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These volumes include newspaper cuttings, proofs for Hansard, electoral addresses, and political cartoons.
Dates:
1903-1904.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
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Scrapbooks chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices.
Scrapbook chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices., 1904-1905.
Item
Identifier: MS.19560
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These volumes include newspaper cuttings, proofs for Hansard, electoral addresses, and political cartoons.
Dates:
1904-1905.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
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Scrapbooks chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices.
Scrapbook of Lady Isobel Scott
Item
Identifier: Acc.13515
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook compiled by Lady Isobel Scott, consisting largely of autographs, drawings and photographs of places visited. Most are country houses including Monteviot, Woodburn, Beaulieu, Newbattle Abbey, Kiplin in Northumberland, Fountains Abbey, Bishop`s House, Kennington, Boughton House, Kettering, Falconhurst in Kent, Drumlanrig Castle and Douglas Castle. In addition, there are a number of entries relating to visits to Admiralty House, Devonport, a series of photographs taken on visit to...
Dates:
1899-1904
Scrapbooks chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices., 1868-1905.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19555-19560
Scope and Contents
These volumes include newspaper cuttings, proofs for Hansard, electoral addresses, and political cartoons.
Dates:
1868-1905.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.