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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:

Miscellany, chiefly undated, of snapshots, portrait photographs, picture postcards and photographic copies of graphs and other work., Late 19th century-early 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.20533
Scope and Contents

Some items have dates or may be dated between 1911 and 1929, but most are undated, of the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.

Dates: Late 19th century-early 20th century.

Miscellany of papers concerning the Ellice family., 1799-1815, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.15176
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Correspondence, chiefly with George Chalmers, and notes, on antiquarian topics, 1799- 1815, undated (folio 1); (ii) Papers, 1741-1803, undated, concerning the Ellice family, consisting of typed biographical accounts (some incomplete) and copies of portraits of members of the family (folio 75); (iii) A small quantity of unrelated papers, 1844-1921, undated, found loosely enclosed in other parts of the collection (folio 216).

Dates: 1799-1815, undated.

Notes by Sir Hew Dalrymple of manuscripts relating to the Queensberry family., 17th century-early 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3414-3415
Scope and Contents

The main sources have apparently been the Reports of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, but original manuscripts, particularly those owned by the Duke of Buccleuch, seem also to have been consulted. Many of the manuscripts have been transcribed at length. The subjects dealt with are the private and public interests of the Queensberry family; there are several notes on furnishings, with particular reference to pictures, and reproductions of portraits have been laid down throughout.

Dates: 17th century-early 20th century.

'On Monograms' by John Sliegh, criticizing John E Hodgkin, 'Monograms'., Late 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.2930
Scope and Contents

The volume contains monograms devised by John Sliegh, postcards written by him, 1871-1874, a notice of him by Miss Hipkins (folio iii), and sketches of him by John A Hipkins (folio 11).

Dates: Late 19th century.

Papers of Robert Moir., 1537-1862, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21775
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) A psalm setting by Robert Moir written on two leaves cut out of MS.21774 after folio 17 and pasted to a larger sheet of stiff paper. (Folio 1.)(ii) Extracts from newspapers and other periodical publications concerning musical topics published between 1852 and 1862 (and some from earlier sources), written on twenty-five printed bifolia (from a larger number) containing a prospectus and a subscription list for ‘Beauties of the Bible’ by...
Dates: 1537-1862, undated.

Pen and nib in leather case belonging to Sir Walter Scott, given by him to Maria Edgeworth., 1823, 1825.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23132
Scope and Contents

The pen is inscribed ‘Sir Walter Scott's pen given to Maria Edgeworth, August 14th 1825’.

There is also a small framed portrait of Sir Walter Scott's daughter, Sophia Lockhart, by Watson, 1823, also given to Maria Edgeworth, at Abbotsford.

Dates: 1823, 1825.

Pencil sketches, 1894-1897, by the Edinburgh artist Murray Macdonald throughout the trade catalogue, 1892, of Winsor and Newton Ltd., London.

 File
Identifier: MS.20348
Scope and Contents

Almost all the sketches are unidentified portraits and caricatures.

Dates: 1892, 1894-1897.