Watercolours. Paintings.
Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:
Sketchbook containing miscellaneous watercolours., 1827.
Sketchbook containing miscellaneous watercolours., 1827.
Sketchbook containing watercolours and pencil sketches by an unidentified artist, chiefly of Kentish scenes and buildings.
There are also a number of portraits and studies of flowers. Two of the sketches are dated 1863 and most of the watercolours are titled. At the end of the volume several playing cards and a sheet of Chinese writing have been inserted.
Sketchbook of A E Borthwick containing chiefly pencil sketches and rough watercolours of Scottish landscapes., 1902.
Sketchbook of drawings in water-colour, pen and pencil by Arthur Elliot, Worthing, including scenes in Scotland and some in Hastings and Guildford, on the Rhine, and in Biarritz, Pau, and Argelès.
Sketchbook of Henry Aston Barker., 1800.
The sketchbook contains pencil and watercolour sketches of figures and shipping, chiefly Turkish.
Sketchbook of John Francis Campbell containing watercolour sketches of various places he visited from May 1880 to February 1881, from the Isle of Wight to Egypt., 1880-1881.
Sketchbook of John Francis Campbell containing watercolours mostly executed on his visit to Sweden in 1850 (folios 27-108) and to Avranches in Normandy, 1848-1851., 1848-1851.
There is also a series of pencil sketches at the back of the volume of various people Campbell encountered during court cases he attended while studying law. In some cases, he gives a brief note on the proceedings.
A printed extract from Campbell’s pamphlet, ‘Notes on the Stature of the Lapps’ is inserted between folios 64 and 65.
Sketchbook of John Francis Campbell illustrating his visit to Norway from June to September 1851., 1851.
Since Campbell spent most of his time travelling in the extreme north of the country, the watercolour and pencil sketches are mainly of the scenery and people of Lapland.
Sketchbook of twenty-two water-colour drawings of flowers by Anne E Nasmyth, wife of the engineer, James Nasmyth.
Sketchbook of water-colour drawings, notes and plans by Thomas Scott, Earlston, chiefly of Scottish buildings in the Border area.
Sketchbook of watercolour and pencil sketches by John Francis Campbell, some quite rough and incomplete, mainly of people and places he encountered on a tour in Norway in August and September 1857, concentrating on the areas around the Hardanger and Sogne fjords., 1857.
The volumes reflect, in his detailed descriptions, watercolours and sketches, Campbell’s interest in people, art, science and sport. In the later journals, his interest in geology and meteorology predominates, with particular emphasis on the effects of glaciation observed in various countries.
The sketches usually occur in chronological sequence with notes below each giving the date, place and other additional information.
Sketches by A E Borthwick and Robert Gibb, with other visual materials., 19th century-1964, undated.
'System of water-colour painting', 17th edition (London, 1858), by Aaron Penley, used by James Augustus Grant on his African expedition., 1858.
On the front cover are James Augustus Grant's signature and the note 'This book was my guide through Africa. J.A. Grant'; on a leaf tipped in after page [ii] are pencil and watercolour sketches; on page 64 is a pencil sketch; and on pages 7 and 10 of the advertisements at the back are pencil notes.
Thirty water-colours and drawings by John Harden., 1809-1810.
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.
'Tom: 2d of the juvenile poetic works of John Black’, containing drafts of verse dramas and other poems including fragments of ‘The Falls of Clyde, or the fairies’ by John Black, minister of Coylton.
According to a note inside the back cover, John Black was aged from 15 to 19 when he wrote the verses (1793-1797). There are a number of pen and ink and watercolour sketches.
Twelve small watercolours of scenes in the Hebrides., 1924.
Includes diaries and photographs.
Twenty-five plans mainly concerning the house and estate of Pitfirrane., [Circa 1730]-1888, undated.
Two journal-letters, of Robert Michael Ballantyne from the Bell Rock Lighthouse.
Includes two watercolour paintings of the lighthouse, one showing the building from the reef, the other being an interior view; with two other letters of Ballantyne concerning lifeboats, and many later letters of R M Ballantyne, his family and friends.
Two letters, a leaf of manuscript, and a watercolour sketch by Joyce Cary, inserted in a copy of her 'A house of children' (London, 1941).
The manuscript contains a passage from the novel corresponding to page 30 and notes for another work. The sketch illustrates the scene described on page 30.
Two "visiting books" compiled by Lady Edith Campbell.
Containing photographs, watercolours, drawings, and signatures of guests.
Two-volume commonplace book compiled by David R Robertson for his daughter Helen Stewart.
A commonplace book in two volumes compiled by David R Robertson and inscribed to his daughter Helen Stewart for her birthday: 'two volumes of memorials and happy memories; comprising notes and sketches of my father's and mother's country and also of our familiar holiday haunts'. The volumes contain poetry, paintings and drawings, illuminated lettering, and extracts from books on history and Scottish folklore.
Typed copies of diaries of Jane C Burdon-Sanderson of journey to India., 1886, 1888-1889.
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.
The typescript was published as 'Diaries and letters from India, 1895-1900', edited by Carol Anderson, (Edinburgh, 1990).