Facsimiles. Reproductions.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Precise reproductions, usually in the same dimensions as the original, especially of books, documents, prints, and drawings. Today often reproduced photographically; in the past, reproduced by engraving or other printmaking process.
Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, including that of William Forbes Skene.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.15
Dates:
19th century.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, relating principally to William Forbes Skene’s work in preparing his ‘Chronicles of the Picts and Scots’ and ‘Celtic Scotland’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.16
Dates:
Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Miscellaneous letters and papers formerly in the possession of the Reverend John Stirton., 1477-1933, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3072
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letter signed by James III and countersigned by Archbishop Schevez, to Bona, Duchess of Milan, asking her to take steps for the release of Prospero de' Medici, his Prothonotary, imprisoned in her state, Edinburgh, 1477 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, to his son and successor William, in Paris, reprimanding him for idleness, undated (folio 2);(iii) Letter of Alexander Leslie, afterwards Earl of...
Dates:
1477-1933, undated.
‘Miscellaneous Papers’ of Sir Walter Scott, on history, folk-lore, etc., 1792-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.910
Scope and Contents
The papers include:Part of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life of Napoleon Buonaparte’, chapter iii, in the hand of an amanuensis, with corrections in Scott’s autograph (folio 9);Statement of the sales of the ‘Letters of Malachi Malagrowther’, 1826-1827 (folio 23);Note by James Ballantyne of John Murray’s proposals regarding the publication of Scott’s works (folio 35);Letter, apparently to John Gibson Lockhart criticising his ‘History of Napoleon’, 1830...
Dates:
1792-1850.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Miscellaneous material, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Miscellany (perhaps a part of a larger collection of papers), 1714, 1728, 1736, and undated, mostly relating to James Anderson, Writer to the Signet, and his ‘Diplomata Scotiæ’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.2.19
Scope and Contents
The largest groups consist of lists of abbreviations used in mediaeval documents (folios 64, 71-111) and copies of various forms of letters (folios 65-69); most of the remaining papers consist of notes on various subjects and transcripts of unrelated documents. An engraved facsimile, 1771, of a charter of William the Lion has been added to the papers (folio 9).
Dates:
1714-1736.
Modern facsimile of life policy of Sir Walter Scott with Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9300
Dates:
1824.
National Covenant. A very large copy written by William Aytoun, and illuminated with letters in gold., 1639.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.6.14
Scope and Contents
The arrangement of the signatures, with the noblemen at the top and the barons and burgesses down each side, implies that it was signed in parliament; the names themselves suggest the Parliament of 1639 rather than that of 1640.
Dates:
1639.
Papers concerning facsimile copies of a letter of Lord Byron to John Anthony and William Galignani, relating to John William Polidori and ‘The Vampyre’, 1819-1936, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43524
Scope and Contents
The papers here mostly relate to facsimile copies of a letter of Lord Byron to the editor of ‘Galignani’s Messenger’ in 1819. The papers have been arranged chronologically.
Two facsimile copies of a letter, 1819, of Lord Byron to John Anthony and William Galignani, after 1819: folios 1-4;Photographic copy and photocopy of the letter, 1819, of Lord Byron to John Anthony and William Galignani, undated: folios 5-10;Two copies of an article entitled 'The...
Dates:
1819-1936, undated.
Papers of and concerning John Ruskin., 1847-1855.
File
Identifier: MS.42534
Scope and Contents
(1) letters of John Ruskin to John Murray III;
(2) letters of John James Ruskin to John Murray III;
(3) letter of John James Ruskin to Sophia Gray;
(4) photocopy of a letter of John Ruskin to Austen Henry Layard; and,
(5) photographic reproduction of a portrait of Euphemia `Effie` Gray by G.F. Watts.
Dates:
1847-1855.
Papers of Lucinda Mackay concerning publicity for her work, 1974-2012
File
Identifier: MS.50808
Scope and Contents
This file contains press releases, newspaper and magazine cuttings, copy cuttings, and a small handful of letters in which various exhibitions and published works by Lucinda Mackay are referenced. Social events are also noted in society pages. The file also contains five publicity posters for Mackay exhibitions, including those for Prints and Drawings of East London (1974); Paintings and Drawings by Lucinda Mackay (1985); Drawings, Paintings and Cartoons by Lucinda Mackay (1998);...
Dates:
1974-2012
Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends., Circa 1900-1982.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8695/1-117
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates:
Circa 1900-1982.
Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.
Collection
Identifier: MSS.50273-50276
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of correspondence of and concerning Scots in Jamaica, including letters of the Earl of Balcarres, the Fyffe family and other Scots in Jamaica.
Typewritten lists concenring materials of Scottish interest in the National Library of Jamaica, formerly the West India Reference Library.
Typewritten list of Scottish place names in Jamaica.
Dates:
1699; 1735-1846.
Photocopies of seven rough maps of areas south of Lake Tanganyika, south of Lake Nvasa (now Lake Malawi), and around Lake Banguelu, 1872-1873, and a facsimile of an ancient map of Northern Africa; with a list of the maps by Frank Debenham, 1954., 1872-1873, 1954.
File
Identifier: MS.10764
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1872-1873, 1954.
Photocopy of facsimile of map of the route taken by David Livingstone from Zambezi to Loanda., 1854-1855.
Item
Identifier: MS.10738
Dates:
1854-1855.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
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Maps chiefly drawn or annotated by David Livingstone.
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Maps drawn or annotated by David Livingstone.
`Scottish Armorial attributed to Sir David Lindsay of Rathillet`; a facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, 1895, of an armorial held at the Lyon Office., Mid 16th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.53.3.11
`Scottish Armorial for use in the Lyon Office’; a facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, 1895, of Sir Robert Forman`s manuscript (the `Workman armorial`), circa 1565-1566., Circa 1565-1566.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.53.3.8
Dates:
Circa 1565-1566.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Abstracts and facsimiles of Scottish armorials by William Rae Macdonald, Albany Herald (1843-1923).
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`Scottish Armorial for use in the Lyon Office’; a facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, 1895, of Sir Robert Forman`s manuscript (the `Workman armorial`), circa 1565-1566.
`Scottish Armorial for use in the Lyon Office’; a facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, 1895, of Sir Robert Forman`s manuscript (the `Workman armorial`), circa 1565-1566., Circa 1565-1566.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.53.3.9
Scope and Contents
Arms which were painted over in the original manuscript are depicted with the original and altered versions side by side (folio 83).
Dates:
Circa 1565-1566.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Abstracts and facsimiles of Scottish armorials by William Rae Macdonald, Albany Herald (1843-1923).
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`Scottish Armorial for use in the Lyon Office’; a facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, 1895, of Sir Robert Forman`s manuscript (the `Workman armorial`), circa 1565-1566.
`Scottish Armorial for use in the Lyon Office’; a facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, 1895, of Sir Robert Forman`s manuscript (the `Workman armorial`), circa 1565-1566., Circa 1565-1566.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.53.3.8-53.3.9
Seven letters, 1849-1865, two notebooks, 1859, and facsimiles of three letters, 1857-1872, of David Livingstone; photograph of a letter, 1873, of Jacob Wainwright; and, letter, 1930, of Matthew Wellington.
Series
Identifier: Dep.293- is now MSS.20314-20316.
Dates:
1849-1873, 1930.
Small collections and single letters of various Scots.
File
Identifier: MS.7198
Dates:
1787-1946, undated.
Society of Writers to Her Majesty`s Signet manuscripts.
File
Identifier: Acc.4245
Scope and Contents
Including mediaeval vellum fragments, facsimiles of letters and documents (with some original manuscripts), and annotated printed items.
Dates:
circa 1200-circa 1900.
Souvenir facsimile of autograph letter of Sir Walter Scott to Charles Tilt which differs from other known examples.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12101
Dates:
circa 1830.
'Swintons of that Ilk and their cadets' (Edinburgh, 1883) by Archibald Campbell Swinton, with manuscript notes, 1927-1929, by Captain George Swinton, and additional facsimiles and printed matter by the same writer., 1814, 1883, 1927-1929.
File
Identifier: MS.350A
Scope and Contents
On page ii is a copy of a letter, 1814, of Sir Walter Scott to John Swinton of Broadmeadows about the Swinton family tree.
Dates:
1814, 1883, 1927-1929.
Two letters, one a facsimile, of Prince Charles Edward Stuart., 1744-1745.
File
Identifier: MS.278
Scope and Contents
(i) Facsimile of a letter in French signed ‘Charles P.’, acknowledging assurance of attachment, November 1744.
(ii) Letter of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, as Prince Regent, to John Graham of Balgowan, stating that he has ‘pressing occasion for a little money’, Perth, 8 September 1745.
Dates:
1744-1745.
Typescript, 1934, made for the Scottish Beekeepers` Association, of "A Treatise Concerning the right use and ordering of Bees..." (London, 1593), by Edmund Southerne.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11683
Scope and Contents
Includes facsimile of the titlepage of the British Library copy of the same title.
Dates:
1934.