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 1220 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Albums relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13649
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905. The scrapbook includes: Mossman`s commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Edinburgh City Volunteer Artillery, 1893; 17 letters, 1902-1905, of Mossman to his father and `Isabella`, concerning his journey and experiences on board ship, destinations on his journey including Kngstown in Ireland, Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, Port Stanley, the South Orkneys and Buenos Aires; a letter of William...
Dates:
1893-1938
Anonymous illustrated notebook entitled `Anatomical Charts`.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13419
Scope and Contents
This notebook is probably the work of a student of human anatomy or surgeon. There are 29 pages of drawings of human anatomy and related comments. Many of the drawings are coloured; some are tipped in. With some drawings of landscapes and botanical specimens.
The volume is bound in an original vellum binding with marbled endpapers.
Dates:
1832
Antiquarian album of Adam de Cardonnel-Lawson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12139
Scope and Contents
Contains several hundred prints and drawings.
Dates:
circa 1780-1820.
Armorial coats-of-arms of the Scottish gentry, drawn first in pencil, then inked over, a very few being partially coloured.
File
Identifier: MS.6402
Scope and Contents
At the beginning 30 folios have been left blank and the last drawings, on folio 47, have not been completed. From the watermark and the hand, the manuscript may be dated to the late 16th century; it is possibly an English production as many Scottish family names have been misspelt in a non-Scottish manner.
Dates:
Late 16th 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 by Alasdair Gray for his novel 'Old men in love'.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12915/1-4
Scope and Contents
This collection includes all of the original artwork for the novel 'Old men in love' (Bloomsbury, 2007).
Dates:
2007.
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.
Autograph album with the name Jessie Begbie stamped on the cover; containing verses (originals and copies), prose extracts and drawings.
Item
Identifier: MS.15918
Dates:
1870-1908.
‘Beginning and the end of the Lewis Chemical Works', a detailed account written by D Morison, former foreman of the plant, of its operation from 1857 to 1874.
Item
Identifier: MS.9586
Scope and Contents
The Lewis Chemical Works was established by Sir James Matheson, proprietor of Lewis, to distil tar and paraffin oils from the abundant local peat. Sited above the south side of the River Creed, near Stornoway, it suffered, according to Morison's account, from incompetent management, lack of expert supervision, and peculation by imported employees, accumulating financial losses which led to closure in 1874. Seven line drawings and plans (folios 2, 39, 40, 43, 47, 50, 61) are...
Dates:
1895.
Bible, written in France.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.1.2
Scope and Contents
The order of contents (from folio 3) is that usually found in French bibles of the period, with the common set of 64 prologues (see ‘Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries’, pages 210-212). The biblical books are followed (folio 412) by the interpretations of Hebrew names beginning ‘Aaz apprehendens` (see ‘Repertorium Biblicum medii aevi’, number 7709). Leaves containing II Maccabees 8, verses 22-10, verse 30 and 14, verse 5 - Matthew 1, verse 11 are missing.There are...
Dates:
2nd half of 13th century.
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.