Drawings. Visual works.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Visual works produced by drawing, which is the application of lines on a surface, often paper, by using a pencil, pen, chalk, or some other tracing instrument to focus on the delineation of form rather than the application of color. This term is often defined broadly to refer to computer-generated images as well. (AAT) Include sketches under 'Drawings', but ignore doodles, unless particularly noteworthy. (NLS) In the published catalogues this heading was used for pictures. The heading 'Pictures' was used for all lists of pictures and for descriptions of treatises on pictures. (NLS) .
Found in 1029 Collections and/or Records:
A roll containing drawings of Scottish crests, probably by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne., Mid 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Ch.A.44
Dates:
Mid 17th century.
Album containing drawings in various media, pasted in, some by Katherine Jane Ellice, but chiefly by friends and relatives., 1854-1855, 1858, 1870, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.15173
Scope and Contents
Most drawings depict scenes, both in Scotland and abroad.
Dates:
1854-1855, 1858, 1870, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Collections of drawings consisting chiefly of watercolour and pencil sketches.
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Collections of drawings by Katherine Jane Ellice.
Album containing drawings pasted in, and some tipped in, drawn chiefly whilst cruising in the "Lotus" and the "Ladye" off the Scottish coast., 1846, 1854, 1856-1863, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.15172
Scope and Contents
Several leaves have been torn out at various places throughout the volume and folios 82-98 are blank.
Dates:
1846, 1854, 1856-1863, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Collections of drawings consisting chiefly of watercolour and pencil sketches.
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Collections of drawings by Katherine Jane Ellice.
Album containing pencil drawings, water-colours, and poems by Edward Lear., 1829, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3321 [H.S.954]
Album entitled 'Record of work done by PM', containing press-cuttings, 1882-1917, photographs and printed items. Including loose press-cuttings, 1933, 1951, notes and drawings and further copies of the printed items., 1882-1917, 1933, 1951.
File
Identifier: Acc.3501/30
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1882-1917, 1933, 1951.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Works and correspondence of James Pittendrigh MacGillivray.
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Further papers of and concerning James Pittendrigh Macgillivray; including letters of and to Ehrna Mycale Macgillivray.
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Albums of press-cuttings, mainly of James Pittendrigh Macgillivray.
Album of Elizabeth Johnston containing drawings and verses by her friends., 1842-1871, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.26259
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.
Dates:
1842-1871, undated.
Album, undated, of drawings by a child, possibly John Borthwick of Crookston (died 1907)., Mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.10477
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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:
Mid 19th century.
'Art of the black-and-white artist, and the wood-engraver, with some beautiful examples, collected by John A. Hipkins.', Late 19th century-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2931
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook contains specimens chiefly of the nineteenth century, including many illustrating the work of the deaf, preceded by a note by Miss Hipkins. Also two crayon portraits by John A Hipkins (pages 60-62); an address given by him on the achievements of the deaf in France (page 71); an original letter of Abbe Sicard (page 79 b); original studies of animals by Walter Geikie (page 84); and original paintings by Frank Maguire (page 90).
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Artwork of various artists used in 'Broadsheet' editions twenty-six to thirty., 1968, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8845/76-80
Assamese ‘parabaik’, or folding manuscript, bearing magical drawings and written charms., Undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.1899
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
Undated.
Assorted proofs for "Missionary travels and researches in South Africa" by David Livingstone., ? 1856-? 1857.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42430-42435
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
? 1856-? 1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning David Livingstone.
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Manuscripts by David Livingstone in which are recorded his journeys and experiences in Africa; with related proofs, sketches, a photographic print and a printed portrait.
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Manuscript, "Missionary travels and researches in South Africa", by David Livingstone; with related proofs.
Autograph album, lettered on the spine 'Ch. Hutcheson. Sketches', probably Charles Hutcheson, a well-known Glasgow citizen, a member of the Society of Dilettanti, who died in 1860., [1824, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2731
Scope and Contents
The album contains copies of verses, children's drawings, sketches of marine subjects by Charles Hutcheson himself, and other material. The watermark date is 1824.
Dates:
[1824, or after.]
Autograph album of Mary Borthwick, inscribed 1894, containing several entries of verse and drawings, 1895-1900., 1894-1900.
Item
Identifier: MS.10464
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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:
1894-1900.
Black and white drawing and print copy of Pauline Bewick, also containing signed typescript of the poem 'Pictures', by Eiléan Ni Giuilleánain [cat. no.55]., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/18
Scope and Contents
The glass has been removed from the frame.
Dates:
Undated.
Black and white drawing and signed typescript of the poem 'Punishment', by John Behan, framed in glass [cat. no.126]., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/45
Black and white drawing entitled 'Cogito Ergo Sum' of Raoul Hausmann, framed in glass [cat. no.19]., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/8
Black and white drawing of John Bethan, framed in glass [cat. no.18]., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/7
Black and white drawing of John Bethan, framed in glass [cat. no.45]., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/13
Black and white drawing of 'Owl', by Edward McGuire, framed in glass [cat. no.115]., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/42
Black and white drawing of 'The Wolverhampton Wanderer', by Michael Horovitz, Jeff Nuttall, framed in glass [cat. no.95]., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/35
Black and white pencil drawing of Marie Kean rehearsing, entitled 'Happy days', by Brian Bourke, printed in 'Broadsheet' edition nineteen, framed in glass [cat.no.136]., October 1973.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/50
Black and white pencil drawings by Edward McGuire, of head of Francis Stuart, framed in glass [cat. no.144]., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/53
Blocks for illustrations relating to Greenland., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.9713/85
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes diaries and photographs.
Dates:
Undated.
Blue, black and white, paint and ink drawing, 'Moving portrait', by John Kelly, framed in glass [cat. no.76]., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/29
Book of designs of interior decoration and furniture, in the classical style., Late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2876