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:
Series of two drawings - Wooden bridge to be built on principle of Long's frame bridge - India - surveyed by Robert Stevenson., 1839.
File
Identifier: MS.5873 (1)-(2)
Dates:
1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in England and overseas.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in England and overseas beginning with I.
Series of two drawings - Working drawings of Pier - Lochmaddy, Hebrides - surveyed by D and T Stevenson., 1879.
File
Identifier: MS.5855 (58)-(59)
Dates:
1879.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with L.
Series of two - one drawing and one print by J Taylor - Timber bridges at atlbetlingen and Schaffhausen - Switzerland., 1799, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5881 (74)-(75)
Dates:
1799, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in England and overseas.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in England and overseas beginning with S.
Seven bifolia, possibly a fragment from a bound volume, containing a series of drawings depicting different stages in the construction of a church., 164?4.
Item
Identifier: MS.7149
Scope and Contents
At folio 1 verso is a dedication in Latin to Fathers Andreas and Antonius Losson, founders of a college at Ypres, and to Maria van Breusegen and Maria Losson, co-founders, to whom the drawings were apparently presented by the college. The year 1644 (or possibly 1646), is given underneath the dedication in a rebus to which the date 24 April has been added in a contemporary hand. The dedication is enclosed in a border of thick ropes in blue, ending in orifices in red from which ears of corn...
Dates:
164?4.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh; together with a list of the full collection.
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh.
Shān magico religious work, containing many references to the 'Vessantara-jātaka', and probably intended to instruct people how to gain victory over enemies - hatred, passion, illness, and evil spirits., ?19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.1898
Scope and Contents
The work is composed in the metrical style called by the Shāns 'Līk Haw'. It is written in a character resembling the scripts used for the Norā and Khāmtī dialects of Shān, but is not identical with either. It is illustrated with several drawings.
The date of the manuscript is uncertain; it is unlikely to be earlier than 1800.
An extract from notes made on the manuscript by Captain H J Inman has been placed with the manuscript.
Dates:
?19th century.
Sketchbook containing drawings pasted in., 1846-1863, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.15171
Scope and Contents
A number of leaves have been cut out at the front of the volume, and single leaves have been cut out at various places throughout.
Dates:
1846-1863, 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.
Sketchbooks., 1791-1910.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13718/7-9
Sketches and drawings by various members of the Minto family., [Circa 1777]-1843, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12864
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Dates:
[Circa 1777]-1843, undated.
Sketches by Frances Pelly for inclusion in Bridget MacCaskill`s `A private sort of life`. With a covering letter., 2002.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13709/22
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Files of papers relating to the literary output of Don and Bridge MacCaskill.
Dates:
2002.
Sketches, drawings and other visual material., [1935-2006].
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13338/665-675
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates:
[1935-2006].
Small sketch-book of Agnes Ranken., 1846-1853.
Item
Identifier: MS.8869
Scope and Contents
The drawings, made in pencil, consist entirely of landscapes. Many are of Highland lochs, but there are also scenes from the Lake District and from the Matlock area in Derbyshire.
Dates:
1846-1853.
‘The works of Robert Burns’ edited by W Scott Douglas (Edinburgh, 1877-1879); originally in seven volumes, it has been expanded to thirteen by the insertion of letters, manuscripts, engravings, etchings and drawings relating to Robert Burns and his work., 1796-1809, 1877-1879.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15955-15967
Scope and Contents
The insertions include poems and letters in the poet's hand (MS.15957, folio 13; MS.15958, folios ii, 19; MS.15959, folio 18; MS.15960, folio 5; MS.15967, folios 9, 13, 14); letters, 1796-1809, from his brother Gilbert about the family; and correspondence, 1798-1800 of James Currie about an edition of the poems.
Dates:
1796-1809, 1877-1879.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Cowie collection of manuscripts of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Allan Ramsay and others, made by Charles R Cowie of Glasgow.
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‘The works of Robert Burns’ edited by W Scott Douglas (Edinburgh, 1877-1879); with index to the manuscript insertions.
‘The works of Robert Burns’ edited by W Scott Douglas (Edinburgh, 1877-1879); with index to the manuscript insertions., 1877-1879, 1914.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15955-15968
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Cowie manuscripts include the final version of ‘The gentle shepherd, a Scots pastorall comedy’ by Allan Ramsay (MS.15972).
Dates:
1877-1879, 1914.
Thirty-five unidentified drawings, and tracings., 19th century-mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5896
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.
Dates:
19th century-mid 20th century.
Thirty-seven pen and pencil drawings, in some cases with further sketches on the reverse side, by John Harden., 1803-1810.
File
Identifier: MS.8867
Scope and Contents
The drawings are nearly all figure-groups executed either at Queen Street, Edinburgh, or at Brathay Hall, Windermere. The majority depict family gatherings, often caught playing cards or chess, sometimes in the company of friends like the Learmonths in Edinburgh or the Lloyds at Brathay Hall (see MS.8872). In most cases, a brief description, based on information supplied by the Clay family, has been added.
Dates:
1803-1810.
Thirty water-colours and drawings by John Harden., 1809-1810.
File
Identifier: MS.8866
Scope and Contents
The majority of the water-colours and drawings are landscapes, chiefly executed in the Edinburgh area or in Aberdour, Fife, during an extended visit to Scotland in 1809-1810, but there are also two drawings of fishwives, perhaps at Newhaven, and another entitled 'Bottling Whiskey' (see MS.8872).
Nine black and white photographs of landscapes now in the National Gallery of Scotland are also included.
Dates:
1809-1810.
Tracing and Drawing - Ness Harbour - Lewis, Hebrides - surveyed by D and T Stevenson., 1888.
File
Identifier: MS.5855 (36)-(37)
Dates:
1888.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with L.
Tracing and two drawings - Ground acquired for erection of National Gallery - Edinburgh, Mound - surveyed by Roward Anderson., 1892.
File
Identifier: MS.5849 (18)-(20)
Dates:
1892.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with Edinburgh, London Road-Ey.
Tracing - harbour, showing proposed repairs on pier end - Ardrossan, Ayr - surveyed by D & T Stevenson., 1883.
Item
Identifier: MS.5844 (126)
Dates:
1883.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with A.
Two letters of James Anderson, economist and writer on agriculture, to Messrs Beilby and Bewick, engravers, Newcastle, regarding their work, with sepia drawings of agricultural machinery., 1790-1791.
File
Identifier: MS.573, folios 81-83
Dates:
1790-1791.
Two manuscripts by William Makepeace Thackeray., 1823-? 1850.
File
Identifier: MS.42573
Scope and Contents
Folio 1 : manuscript, ? 1828 (watermark), "Byron and Marceau", relating to Lord Byron`s interest in the French general François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, about whom he composed a eulogy in "Childe Harold`s Pilgrimage" (Third Canto, LVI and LVII). Thackeray`s manuscript includes a copy of a letter to, and a copy of a letter of Byron concerning Marceau-Desgraviers : (i) 30 January 1823 : Madame Serjent, Marceau-Desgravier`s elder sister,...
Dates:
1823-? 1850.
Two portraits of Austen Henry Layard, with a portrait of his wife, Enid., 1852-1963.
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Identifier: MS.42408
Scope and Contents
Folio 1. Photographic reproduction, ?1963 or a little before, of a portrait of Austen Henry Layard from an original black chalk sketch, circa 1852, by G.F. Watts. The image has been reduced significantly in comparison to the original, which is held in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 1006). The reproduction would appear to have been created to be used in a publication as the recto has been marked at the margins by way of...
Dates:
1852-1963.
Typescript, 1932, of 'Four good years': excerpts from Violet Jacob's letters to her mother, 1895-1896, and copies of her diaries, 1897-1900., 1895-1900.
Item
Identifier: MS.27414
Scope and Contents
The typescript was published as 'Diaries and letters from India, 1895-1900', edited by Carol Anderson, (Edinburgh, 1990).
Dates:
1895-1900.
Various manuscripts and fragments, almost all undated, in the autograph of Hugh Miller., 1819-[1852, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.7518
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Two 'Descriptive Letters' probably intended for publication and signed 'M--r', concerning a visit to Edinburgh in 1824 (folio 1);(ii) Fragmentary notebooks, 1819-1820, undated, mainly containing poems, some of which were published with many alterations in ‘Poems written in the leisure hours of a journeyman mason’ (Edinburgh, 1829) (folio 10);(iii) Description of the parish of Cromarty: basically the text of the description...
Dates:
1819-[1852, or before.]
Volume containing chiefly prints, with a few drawings, and water-colour sketches by Bartolomeo Pinelli, Henri L'Evêque, and many anonymous artists., [?1827.]
File
Identifier: MS.5791
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The images are nearly all of Italian scenes, and seem to have been collected during a tour of Italy in 1827.
Dates:
[?1827.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey.
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Journals, commonplace books and letters from the library at Newbattle Abbey.
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Volumes containing prints, drawings, and water-colour sketches by Bartolomeo Pinelli, Henri L'Evêque, and many anonymous artists.