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Portraits.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness.

Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:

Letters chiefly of Sir Walter Scott, and miscellaneous papers concerning him.

 Series
Identifier: MS.23141(i)-(ii)
Dates: 19th century-mid 20th century, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Letters, engraved portraits, printed biographical notes, and other papers, chiefly of generals and admirals who served under Napoleon.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9310-9315
Scope and Contents

The letters, which were collected for their autograph interest, are chiefly on army administrative matters, but a few concern military conditions and contemporary events.

Dates: 1779-1884.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Letters, newspaper-cuttings, and notes found loose in MSS.1813-1814: Working copy of the ‘Peerage of Scotland’ (Edinburgh, 1813) by Sir Robert Douglas, revised and corrected by John Philp Wood., 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1815
Scope and Contents

The material is chiefly of later date than 1813.

References to the items have been made at the appropriate places in MSS.1813-1814.

Dates: 19th century.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Working copy of the ‘Peerage of Scotland’ (Edinburgh, 1813) by Sir Robert Douglas, revised and corrected by John Philp Wood: including revised printings of certain pages, extensive annotations by Wood, and related material, including some of later date, also concerning peerages.

Letters of celebrities, some accompanied by transcripts (not wholly accurate), notes, printed matter, and portraits.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3390-3399
Dates: 1745-1852, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Letters of Duncan Forbes of Culloden to Lord Lovat, 7 November 1745, and to John Urquhart of Cromarty, 1746, on Jacobite movements and the general situation after the battle of Falkirk., 1726, 1745-1746.

 File
Identifier: MS.3390
Scope and Contents

Also included are precognitions taken by Forbes as Lord Advocate anent the murder of Captain James Moodie of Melsetter, 1726, and portraits of Forbes.

Dates: 1726, 1745-1746.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Letters of celebrities, some accompanied by transcripts (not wholly accurate), notes, printed matter, and portraits.

Letters of Richard Baird Smith to his sister Helen, his wife Florence, daughter of Thomas De Quincey, and other members of the family., 1843-1861, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10983
Scope and Contents The early letters describe the scenery and people of India and mention Richard Baird Smith’s work on canals and his part in the Sikh war of 1848. There is a long series of letters to his wife, written almost daily from December 1856 to March 1857, which give details of his activities and comment on current events while he was travelling from Delhi to Agra, Gwalior, Cawnpore and Roorkee. A second, more fragmentary, series covers the period December 1857-February 1858. Also included are a...
Dates: 1843-1861, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence of Colonel Richard Baird Smith of the Bengal Engineers.

Letters of Sir Walter Scott to Longman, Rees and Company, publishers, London., 1803-1812.

 File
Identifier: MS.23141, folios 62-89
Scope and Contents

Includes a portrait of Sir Walter Scott (folio 89).

Dates: 1803-1812.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Letters chiefly of Sir Walter Scott, and miscellaneous papers concerning him. / Letters chiefly of Sir Walter Scott.

Letters of Sir Walter Scott to Robert Southey, Charles Erskine and other correspondents., 1807-1830, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.15971
Scope and Contents

Also included are some lines from 'Glenfinlas' (not in Walter Scott's hand), a spurious memorandum purporting to be by Scott and two portraits.

Part of the letter to John Clarke Whitfeld was published by Sir Herbert J C Grierson in ‘The letters of Sir Walter Scott’, volume iii, page 194.

Dates: 1807-1830, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Cowie collection of manuscripts of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Allan Ramsay and others, made by Charles R Cowie of Glasgow.

Letters of Sir Walter Scott to William Laidlaw, his friend and secretary.

 File
Identifier: MS.23126
Dates: 1818, 1821-1823, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Letters of Thomas Carlyle to various persons, with some written to him., 1823-1875, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1796
Dates: 1823-1875, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Letters and papers of Thomas Carlyle, with a few of his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle and others.

Letters of various members of the Byron family, from Byron J to Byron, S; with letters of Ralph and Judith Milbanke-Noel to and concerning Lord Byron., 1788-1828.

 File
Identifier: MS.43413
Scope and Contents Correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letter of J F Byron to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 1-2;Letter of John Byron to James Watson, 1788, with a letter of Sir Charles Morgan (formerly Gould) probably to James Sykes concerning the debts of John Byron, 1790: folios 3-5;Letters of Hon. Richard Byron to Mr Carey and John Hanson, 1803, 1806 and undated: folios 6-11;Letter of Richard Byron to an unidentified recipient,...
Dates: 1788-1828.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet. / Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Lee, S. to Leffingwell., 1808-1928.

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Identifier: MS.40685
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Lee, Sarah.Letters, 1828-1829, 1835 1838 and 1845-1846, to John Murray II and John Murray III. Folios 1-25.Lee, Sidney.Letters, 1895, 1897-1898, 1903, 1905-1906 and 1928, of and regarding Sir Sidney Lee to John Murray IV. Folios 26-43.Folio 39. Estimate, 1905, for expenditure and profits for a proposed work on Shakespeare of Sir Sidney...
Dates: 1808-1928.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Huhn to Humboldt., 1815-1916.

 File
Identifier: MS.40590
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Huhn, Arthur Ernst von.Letter, ?1886, of an unknown correspondent possibly to Sir Theodore Martin regarding a translation of a work of Arthur Ernst von Huhn. Folios 1-2.Huish, Marcus Bourne.Letters, 1892, 1899-1900, 1902, 1904-1906 and undated, of Marcus Bourne Huish to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 3-31....
Dates: 1815-1916.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers.

Letters (two copies and two holograph) of Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, relating to Sir Home Popham, with portraits., 1802, 1806, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.3393
Dates: 1802, 1806, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Letters of celebrities, some accompanied by transcripts (not wholly accurate), notes, printed matter, and portraits.

'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', by Allan Cunningham, various editions, (London, 1830-1839), 6 volumes, interleaved, with original letters to the author and others (1829-1837), copies of letters (1710-1830) and notes in the autograph of his son Francis, printed cuttings, and portraits.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.826-832
Scope and Contents

This material was collected by the author, Allan Cunningham, and his son with a view to a new edition. Loose papers have been pasted into the interleaved volumes or collected in a separate volume (MS.832).

Dates: 1710-1837.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', volume ii, 2nd edition (London, 1830) by Allan Cunningham., 1830.

 Item
Identifier: MS.827
Dates: 1830.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', by Allan Cunningham, various editions, (London, 1830-1839), 6 volumes, interleaved, with original letters to the author and others (1829-1837), copies of letters (1710-1830) and notes in the autograph of his son Francis, printed cuttings, and portraits. / 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', 6 volumes, various editions, (London, 1830-1839) by Allan Cunningham

'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', volume iii, (London, 1830) by Allan Cunningham., 1830.

 Item
Identifier: MS.828
Dates: 1830.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', by Allan Cunningham, various editions, (London, 1830-1839), 6 volumes, interleaved, with original letters to the author and others (1829-1837), copies of letters (1710-1830) and notes in the autograph of his son Francis, printed cuttings, and portraits. / 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', 6 volumes, various editions, (London, 1830-1839) by Allan Cunningham

'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', volume iv, (London, 1831) by Allan Cunningham., 1831.

 Item
Identifier: MS.829
Dates: 1831.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', by Allan Cunningham, various editions, (London, 1830-1839), 6 volumes, interleaved, with original letters to the author and others (1829-1837), copies of letters (1710-1830) and notes in the autograph of his son Francis, printed cuttings, and portraits. / 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', 6 volumes, various editions, (London, 1830-1839) by Allan Cunningham

'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', volume v, 3rd edition (London, 1839) by Allan Cunningham., 1839.

 Item
Identifier: MS.830
Dates: 1839.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', by Allan Cunningham, various editions, (London, 1830-1839), 6 volumes, interleaved, with original letters to the author and others (1829-1837), copies of letters (1710-1830) and notes in the autograph of his son Francis, printed cuttings, and portraits. / 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', 6 volumes, various editions, (London, 1830-1839) by Allan Cunningham

'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', volume vi, (London, 1833) by Allan Cunningham., 1833.

 Item
Identifier: MS.831
Dates: 1833.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', by Allan Cunningham, various editions, (London, 1830-1839), 6 volumes, interleaved, with original letters to the author and others (1829-1837), copies of letters (1710-1830) and notes in the autograph of his son Francis, printed cuttings, and portraits. / 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', 6 volumes, various editions, (London, 1830-1839) by Allan Cunningham

Manuscript of a ‘Farewell address for Mrs Siddons’ by Sir Walter Scott., 1813.

 File
Identifier: MS.23049
Scope and Contents

Includes portraits of Sir Walter Scott and Mary Siddons, and two leters; one of Sir Walter Scott, and one of Mary Siddons to James Gibson Craig.

Dates: 1813.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Manuscripts of Sir Walter Scott from the Pforzheimer Library, collectively known as the ‘Pforzheimer Scott manuscripts’.

Manuscript of 'The Song of the Tower' by William Sydney Graham, a poem dedicated to Sven Berlin, with a pencil portrait of Graham by Berlin., 1946.

 File
Identifier: MS.26020
Dates: 1946.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Poems and letters of William Sydney Graham (1918-1986).

Marjory Fleming papers.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.1096-1100
Dates: 1811-1812, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Material for a biography of Thomas Carlyle, part, at least, of which was collected by Frederick Martin., 1821-1877, undated.

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Identifier: MS.2884
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters of Mary Carlyle Aitken and others to Frederick Martin, regarding his biography of Thomas Carlyle, 1877. (Folio 1.)(ii) Poems, apparently in the early handwriting of Jane Welsh. (Folio 13.)(iii) Copies of correspondence, 1821-1856, chiefly of letters of Jane Welsh and Emerson to Thomas Carlyle. (Folio 18.) Some of the letters of Jane Welsh are copied from originals placed in MS.2883.(iv) Copies of letters...
Dates: 1821-1877, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of and relating to Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle.

Microfilm of a volume, 1859, concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet’s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club; and, letters and poems, 1785-1867, of and concerning, Robert Burns gathered by Adam Sim of Coulter.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1004
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: A volume, 1859, concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet’s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club (Acc.10847);

Letters and poems of, 1785-1867, and relating to, Robert Burns gathered by Adam Sim of Coulter; including letters of Allan Cunningham and of Robert Tannahil (MS.23150).

Dates: 1785-1867.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

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