Watercolours. Paintings.
Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript of 'The story of Henrietta Rhense' by William Black, with letters of and to Black., 19th century, undated.
Manuscript, undated, titled 'Some recreations of a handloom weaver', being a work on natural history written for his family by Alexander Gray (1800-1880), grandfather of Sir Alexander Gray., [Before 1881.]
The manuscript consists of a general history and description of the earth, followed by descriptions of animals, illustrated with several watercolours. At the end (folio 203) are miscellaneous notes and verses.
Microfilm of album containing pencil drawings, water-colours, and poems by Edward Lear.
Microfilm of journals of John Francis Campbell, 1841-1842; and, Matthew Boulton Rennie, 1831, describing visits to Spain.
The contents are as follows:
Journal of John Francis Campbell describing his time in Spain during a Mediterranean tour Campbell made while he was still a student at Eton, between 1841 and 1842 (Adv.MS.50.3.14, folios 18-86, 287-440);
Journal, 1831, of Matthew Boulton Rennie of a visit to Spain (MS.19949).
Microfilm of sketchbook of water-colour drawings, notes and plans by Thomas Scott, Earlston, chiefly of Scottish buildings in the Border area.
Miniature watercolour by A G Tompkins.
Includes letter gifting painting to the Advocates` Library.
Miscellaneous fragments., 16th century, 18th century.
Miscellaneous items including some printed verse and a water colour painting., Undated.
Miscellaneous manuscripts from Pitfirrane House, Fife., 1558-1897.
Miscellaneous material of John Francis Campbell, including interleaved copies of his `Popular Tales of the West Highlands`, volumes 1 and 2 (Edinburgh, 1860)., 1858-1884.
Miscellaneous material of the Faculty of Advocates.
Miscellaneous pencil drawings, watercolours and photographs., 19th century.
Included are drawings of a gateway at Auldbar and of the castle as remodelled in the 1840s and 1850s (folios 1-2).
Miscellaneous watercolours and sketches of the Faculty of Advocates., ?19th century-?20th century.
Nine small watercolours by William Leighton Leitch recording theatrical stage scenery by David Roberts.
Notebook containing a record of the campaigns of the 1st Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards in the Crimea.
The contents are compiled from official and other documents, and consist of: rolls of service of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who went to the Crimea; rolls of promotions, honours, and awards;
detailed returns of the state and strength of the battalion, including medical reports; a journal of the campaigns and battles in which the battalion took part.
The notebook is illustrated with occasional sketches, ink and watercolour, and with two military poems.
Notebook from Perth Academy containing material on arithmetic, book-keeping, trigonometry and navigation., 1828.
Presented, 1975, by Mrs Isobel Stirling, Edinburgh.
Notebook from Perth Academy containing material on geometry, trigonometry, mensuration, fortification and geography., 1828.
Presented, 1975, by Mrs Isobel Stirling, Edinburgh.
Notebook from Perth Academy containing problems in mensuration, surveying and levelling (with examples from the North and South Inch at Perth) and gauging.
There are illustrations in pen and wash and water-colours.
Notebook of Alexander Drysdale, containing material on trigonometry with calculations of heights and distances illustrated with drawings in watercolours.
One example is taken from Leith (folio 26). Also included are some sketch plans of property near Fergus, Ontario, farm accounts and miscellaneous notes, 1835-1838.
Notebooks from Perth Academy.
Presented, 1975, by Mrs Isobel Stirling, Edinburgh.
Original water-colour drawings of Scottish legal robes, insignia, seals, etc., including those pertaining to courts now abolished.
One drawing was executed by James Drummond, Member of the Royal Scottish Academy. They were ‘first arranged and bound from an old collection’ in 1889.
Papers concerning the lands of Kermuck and Ellon, and the family of Gordon of Ellon.
Papers concerning "The Naturalist`s Library", edited by Sir William Jardine.
Containing original drawings, watercolours, working proofs and prints.